#BB7981#BB7981

#BB7981 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.083 H 11.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7981
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 129)
HSL	hsl(353, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(353, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 26.84, 6.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 27.59, 13.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.0814 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.083 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2943, 25.8267, 24.1014)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7981 #79BBB3

analogous

#BB79A2 #BB7981 #BB9279

triadic

#BB7981 #81BB79 #7981BB

tetradic

#BB7981 #A2BB79 #79BBB3 #9279BB

square

#BB7981 #A2BB79 #79BBB3 #9279BB

split-complementary

#BB7981 #79BB92 #79A2BB

monochromatic

#7B3E46 #A4535D #BB7981 #D0A2A7 #E4CACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#BB7981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#BB7981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7981

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7981	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7737C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.083 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a0a5',
    500: '#bb7981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7981;
$custom-light: #d1a0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.727,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64713,
    "c": 0.08317,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7981

secondary

#BBD5D1

accent

#AB9E3A

background

#FDF9FA

surface

#FAF2F4

border

#D3CCCE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7981

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

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