#BB8079#BB8079

#BB8079 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.075 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8079
RGB	rgb(187, 128, 121)
HSL	hsl(6, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 21.92, 13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 25.51, 30.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0666 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.075 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6650, 27.3857, 21.7036)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8079 #79B4BB

analogous

#BB7993 #BB8079 #BBA179

triadic

#BB8079 #79BB80 #8079BB

tetradic

#BB8079 #93BB79 #79B4BB #A179BB

square

#BB8079 #93BB79 #79B4BB #A179BB

split-complementary

#BB8079 #79BBA1 #7993BB

monochromatic

#7B453E #A45C53 #BB8079 #D0A6A2 #E4CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB8079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BB8079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8079

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8079	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 128, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.075 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a59f',
    500: '#bb8079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8079;
$custom-light: #d1a59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.364,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65771,
    "c": 0.0746,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8079

secondary

#BBD2D5

accent

#9FAB3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8079

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

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