#BB8178#BB8178

#BB8178 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.074 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8178
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 120)
HSL	hsl(8, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 21.24, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 25.40, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0645 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.074 29)
XYZ	xyz(31.7350, 27.6235, 21.4260)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8178 #78B2BB

analogous

#BB7890 #BB8178 #BBA378

triadic

#BB8178 #78BB81 #8178BB

tetradic

#BB8178 #90BB78 #78B2BB #A378BB

square

#BB8178 #90BB78 #78B2BB #A378BB

split-complementary

#BB8178 #78BBA3 #7890BB

monochromatic

#7B463E #A35D52 #BB8178 #D0A7A1 #E4CDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BB8178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BB8178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8178

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8178	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.074 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a69f',
    500: '#bb8178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8178;
$custom-light: #d1a69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.06,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65932,
    "c": 0.07378,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.27621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8178

secondary

#BBD1D4

accent

#9CAC3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8178

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

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