#BB8879#BB8879

#BB8879 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.067 H 37.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8879
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 121)
HSL	hsl(14, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(14, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 17.48, 15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 23.52, 42.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0533 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.067 37)
XYZ	xyz(32.7499, 29.5556, 22.0653)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8879 #79ACBB

analogous

#BB798B #BB8879 #BBA979

triadic

#BB8879 #79BB88 #8879BB

tetradic

#BB8879 #8BBB79 #79ACBB #A979BB

square

#BB8879 #8BBB79 #79ACBB #A979BB

split-complementary

#BB8879 #79BBA9 #798BBB

monochromatic

#7B4C3E #A46553 #BB8879 #D0ACA2 #E4D0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BB8879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8879

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8879	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.067 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9f',
    500: '#bb8879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8879;
$custom-light: #d1ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67271,
    "c": 0.06681,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.29554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8879

secondary

#BBCFD5

accent

#92AB3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8879

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

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