#BB7977#BB7977

#BB7977 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.083 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7977
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 119)
HSL	hsl(2, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, 25.55, 11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 28.15, 24.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% 0.0775 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.083 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6619, 25.5737, 20.7705)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7977 #77B9BB

analogous

#BB7797 #BB7977 #BB9B77

triadic

#BB7977 #77BB79 #7977BB

tetradic

#BB7977 #97BB77 #77B9BB #9B77BB

square

#BB7977 #97BB77 #77B9BB #9B77BB

split-complementary

#BB7977 #77BB9B #7797BB

monochromatic

#7A3F3D #A35452 #BB7977 #CFA1A0 #E4C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#BB7977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#BB7977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7977

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7977	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.083 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a09e',
    500: '#bb7977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7977;
$custom-light: #d1a09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64448,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7977

secondary

#BAD3D4

accent

#C6C95E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7977

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

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