#BB7879#BB7879

#BB7879 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.084 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7879
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 121)
HSL	hsl(359, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 26.35, 10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 28.33, 21.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.0799 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.084 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6623, 25.3805, 21.3694)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7879 #78BBBA

analogous

#BB789B #BB7879 #BB9878

triadic

#BB7879 #79BB78 #7879BB

tetradic

#BB7879 #9BBB78 #78BBBA #9878BB

square

#BB7879 #9BBB78 #78BBBA #9878BB

split-complementary

#BB7879 #78BB98 #789BBB

monochromatic

#7B3E3F #A35254 #BB7879 #D0A1A1 #E4C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#BB7879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#BB7879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7879

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7879	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.084 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19f9f',
    500: '#bb7879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7879;
$custom-light: #d19f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.104,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6432,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7879

secondary

#BBD4D4

accent

#ACAA3A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7879

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

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