#BB8979#BB8979

#BB8979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.066 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8979
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(15, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 16.92, 16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 23.35, 43.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.0517 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.066 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8914, 29.8385, 22.1124)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8979 #79ABBB

analogous

#BB798A #BB8979 #BBAA79

triadic

#BB8979 #79BB89 #8979BB

tetradic

#BB8979 #8ABB79 #79ABBB #AA79BB

square

#BB8979 #8ABB79 #79ABBB #AA79BB

split-complementary

#BB8979 #79BBAA #798ABB

monochromatic

#7B4D3E #A46753 #BB8979 #D0ADA2 #E4D1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8979

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8979	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958E78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.066 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9f',
    500: '#bb8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8979;
$custom-light: #d1ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.545,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67461,
    "c": 0.06602,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8979

secondary

#BBCED5

accent

#90AB3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8979

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

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