#BB7477#BB7477

#BB7477 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.090 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7477
RGB	rgb(187, 116, 119)
HSL	hsl(357, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 28.30, 10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 30.08, 19.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.0858 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.09 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0699, 24.3898, 20.5732)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7477 #74BBB8

analogous

#BB749B #BB7477 #BB9574

triadic

#BB7477 #77BB74 #7477BB

tetradic

#BB7477 #9BBB74 #74BBB8 #9574BB

square

#BB7477 #9BBB74 #74BBB8 #9574BB

split-complementary

#BB7477 #74BB95 #749BBB

monochromatic

#793B3E #A24F53 #BB7477 #CF9D9F #E3C6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BB7477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#BB7477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7477

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7477	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938D76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 116, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.090 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19d9e',
    500: '#bb7477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7477;
$custom-light: #d19d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.465,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63562,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7477

secondary

#B8D3D2

accent

#CAC65D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7477

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

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