#BB978D#BB978D

#BB978D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.046 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB978D
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(13, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(13, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 11.90, 10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 15.77, 41.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.037 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.046 36)
XYZ	xyz(36.3682, 34.6226, 29.9613)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB978D #8DB1BB

analogous

#BB8D9A #BB978D #BBAE8D

triadic

#BB978D #8DBB97 #978DBB

tetradic

#BB978D #9ABB8D #8DB1BB #AE8DBB

square

#BB978D #9ABB8D #8DB1BB #AE8DBB

split-complementary

#BB978D #8DBBAE #8D9ABB

monochromatic

#81584D #A47467 #BB978D #D2BAB3 #E9DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BB978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB978D

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB978D	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)

#9F9B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.046 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5ae',
    500: '#bb978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb978d;
$custom-light: #d0b5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70669,
    "c": 0.04579,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.34621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB978D

secondary

#CAD6DA

accent

#8EA442

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB978D

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

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