#BB978E#BB978E

#BB978E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.045 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB978E
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(12, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(12, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 12.05, 9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 15.54, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0374 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.045 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4430, 34.6525, 30.3549)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB978E #8EB2BB

analogous

#BB8E9C #BB978E #BBAE8E

triadic

#BB978E #8EBB97 #978EBB

tetradic

#BB978E #9CBB8E #8EB2BB #AE8EBB

square

#BB978E #9CBB8E #8EB2BB #AE8EBB

split-complementary

#BB978E #8EBBAE #8E9CBB

monochromatic

#81584E #A47468 #BB978E #D2BAB4 #E9DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BB978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB978E

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB978E	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.045 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5af',
    500: '#bb978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb978e;
$custom-light: #d0b5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70695,
    "c": 0.04536,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB978E

secondary

#CBD7DA

accent

#90A342

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB978E

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

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