#BB7B79#BB7B79

#BB7B79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.081 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7B79
RGB	rgb(187, 123, 121)
HSL	hsl(2, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 24.69, 11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 27.19, 24.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0749 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.081 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0288, 26.1134, 21.4916)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7B79 #79B9BB

analogous

#BB7998 #BB7B79 #BB9C79

triadic

#BB7B79 #79BB7B #7B79BB

tetradic

#BB7B79 #98BB79 #79B9BB #9C79BB

square

#BB7B79 #98BB79 #79B9BB #9C79BB

split-complementary

#BB7B79 #79BB9C #7998BB

monochromatic

#7B403E #A45653 #BB7B79 #D0A3A2 #E4CBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#BB7B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#BB7B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7B79

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7B79	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 123, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.081 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a19f',
    500: '#bb7b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7b79;
$custom-light: #d1a19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64858,
    "c": 0.08051,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7B79

secondary

#BBD4D5

accent

#A8AB3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF3F2

border

#D3CDCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7B79

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

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