#BB7E79#BB7E79

#BB7E79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.077 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7E79
RGB	rgb(187, 126, 121)
HSL	hsl(5, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 23.03, 12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 26.15, 28.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0699 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.077 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4067, 26.8691, 21.6175)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7E79 #79B6BB

analogous

#BB7995 #BB7E79 #BB9F79

triadic

#BB7E79 #79BB7E #7E79BB

tetradic

#BB7E79 #95BB79 #79B6BB #9F79BB

square

#BB7E79 #95BB79 #79B6BB #9F79BB

split-complementary

#BB7E79 #79BB9F #7995BB

monochromatic

#7B433E #A45953 #BB7E79 #D0A5A2 #E4CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BB7E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#BB7E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7E79

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7E79	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 126, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.077 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a49f',
    500: '#bb7e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7e79;
$custom-light: #d1a49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.545,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65404,
    "c": 0.07688,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7E79

secondary

#BBD3D5

accent

#A3AB3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7E79

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

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