#BB7978#BB7978

#BB7978 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.083 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7978
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 120)
HSL	hsl(1, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 25.67, 11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 28.04, 23.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.0779 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.083 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7222, 25.5978, 21.0884)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7978 #78BABB

analogous

#BB7898 #BB7978 #BB9B78

triadic

#BB7978 #78BB79 #7978BB

tetradic

#BB7978 #98BB78 #78BABB #9B78BB

square

#BB7978 #98BB78 #78BABB #9B78BB

split-complementary

#BB7978 #78BB9B #7898BB

monochromatic

#7B3F3E #A35452 #BB7978 #D0A1A1 #E4CAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#BB7978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#BB7978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7978

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7978	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.083 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a09f',
    500: '#bb7978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7978;
$custom-light: #d1a09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.896,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64473,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7978

secondary

#BBD4D4

accent

#AAAC3A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7978

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

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