#BB797C#BB797C

#BB797C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.083 H 16.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB797C
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(357, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 33.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, 26.18, 9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 27.72, 19.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.0795 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.083 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9701, 25.6970, 22.3937)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB797C #79BBB8

analogous

#BB799D #BB797C #BB9779

triadic

#BB797C #7CBB79 #797CBB

tetradic

#BB797C #9DBB79 #79BBB8 #9779BB

square

#BB797C #9DBB79 #79BBB8 #9779BB

split-complementary

#BB797C #79BB97 #799DBB

monochromatic

#7B3E41 #A45357 #BB797C #D0A2A4 #E4CACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#BB797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#BB797C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB797C

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB797C	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85837C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95907B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7727A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.083 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a0a1',
    500: '#bb797c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb797c;
$custom-light: #d1a0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64577,
    "c": 0.08294,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB797C

secondary

#BBD5D3

accent

#ABA63A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0F

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB797C

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

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