#BB7F79#BB7F79

#BB7F79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.076 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7F79
RGB	rgb(187, 127, 121)
HSL	hsl(5, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 22.48, 12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 25.82, 29.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.0683 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.076 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5352, 27.1261, 21.6604)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7F79 #79B5BB

analogous

#BB7994 #BB7F79 #BBA079

triadic

#BB7F79 #79BB7F #7F79BB

tetradic

#BB7F79 #94BB79 #79B5BB #A079BB

square

#BB7F79 #94BB79 #79B5BB #A079BB

split-complementary

#BB7F79 #79BBA0 #7994BB

monochromatic

#7B443E #A45A53 #BB7F79 #D0A6A2 #E4CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BB7F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BB7F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7F79

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7F79	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 127, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.076 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a49f',
    500: '#bb7f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7f79;
$custom-light: #d1a49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65587,
    "c": 0.07573,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7F79

secondary

#BBD2D5

accent

#A1AB3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7F79

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

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