#BB978C#BB978C

#BB978C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.046 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB978C
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(14, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(14, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 25.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 11.75, 10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 16.01, 42.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0366 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.046 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2942, 34.5930, 29.5712)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB978C #8CB0BB

analogous

#BB8C99 #BB978C #BBAF8C

triadic

#BB978C #8CBB97 #978CBB

tetradic

#BB978C #99BB8C #8CB0BB #AF8CBB

square

#BB978C #99BB8C #8CB0BB #AF8CBB

split-complementary

#BB978C #8CBBAF #8C99BB

monochromatic

#81584C #A47466 #BB978C #D2BAB2 #E8DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BB978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB978C

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB978C	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.046 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5ad',
    500: '#bb978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb978c;
$custom-light: #d0b5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.043,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70643,
    "c": 0.04626,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB978C

secondary

#C9D6DA

accent

#8DA441

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB978C

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

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