#BB7079#BB7079

#BB7079 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.095 H 12.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7079
RGB	rgb(187, 112, 121)
HSL	hsl(353, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(353, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 30.74, 7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 31.72, 14.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0932 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.095 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7401, 23.5360, 21.0620)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7079 #70BBB2

analogous

#BB709E #BB7079 #BB8C70

triadic

#BB7079 #79BB70 #7079BB

tetradic

#BB7079 #9EBB70 #70BBB2 #8C70BB

square

#BB7079 #9EBB70 #70BBB2 #8C70BB

split-complementary

#BB7079 #70BB8C #709EBB

monochromatic

#783940 #A14D57 #BB7079 #CF99A0 #E2C3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB7079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB7079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7079

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7079	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 112, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.095 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29a9f',
    500: '#bb7079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7079;
$custom-light: #d29a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.8,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62924,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7079

secondary

#B5D2CF

accent

#CCBE5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7079

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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