#BB797D#BB797D

#BB797D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.083 H 15.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB797D
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 125)
HSL	hsl(356, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 33.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 26.31, 8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 27.67, 18.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.0799 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.083 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0336, 25.7224, 22.7285)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB797D #79BBB7

analogous

#BB799E #BB797D #BB9679

triadic

#BB797D #7DBB79 #797DBB

tetradic

#BB797D #9EBB79 #79BBB7 #9679BB

square

#BB797D #9EBB79 #79BBB7 #9679BB

split-complementary

#BB797D #79BB96 #799EBB

monochromatic

#7B3E42 #A45358 #BB797D #D0A2A4 #E4CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#BB797D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#BB797D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB797D

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB797D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB797D	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)

#85837D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95907C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb797d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.083 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a0a2',
    500: '#bb797d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb797d;
$custom-light: #d1a0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb797d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64604,
    "c": 0.08293,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB797D

secondary

#BBD5D3

accent

#ABA53A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0F

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB797D

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

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