#BB797B#BB797B

#BB797B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.083 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB797B
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(358, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(358, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 34.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 26.05, 9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 27.78, 20.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0791 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.083 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9071, 25.6718, 22.0623)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB797B #79BBB9

analogous

#BB799C #BB797B #BB9879

triadic

#BB797B #7BBB79 #797BBB

tetradic

#BB797B #9CBB79 #79BBB9 #9879BB

square

#BB797B #9CBB79 #79BBB9 #9879BB

split-complementary

#BB797B #79BB98 #799CBB

monochromatic

#7B3E40 #A45356 #BB797B #D0A2A3 #E4CACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#BB797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#BB797B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB797B

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB797B	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85837B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95907A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7727A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.083 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a0a1',
    500: '#bb797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb797b;
$custom-light: #d1a0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.182,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64551,
    "c": 0.08296,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB797B

secondary

#BBD5D4

accent

#ABA83A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB797B

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

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