#BB978F#BB978F

#BB978F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.045 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB978F
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 143)
HSL	hsl(11, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(11, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 23.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 12.20, 9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 15.34, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0378 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.045 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5184, 34.6826, 30.7521)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB978F #8FB3BB

analogous

#BB8F9D #BB978F #BBAD8F

triadic

#BB978F #8FBB97 #978FBB

tetradic

#BB978F #9DBB8F #8FB3BB #AD8FBB

square

#BB978F #9DBB8F #8FB3BB #AD8FBB

split-complementary

#BB978F #8FBBAD #8F9DBB

monochromatic

#81584E #A47469 #BB978F #D2BAB5 #E9DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB978F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB978F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB978F

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB978F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB978F	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb978f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.045 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5af',
    500: '#bb978f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb978f;
$custom-light: #d0b5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb978f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70721,
    "c": 0.04496,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB978F

secondary

#CBD8DA

accent

#91A343

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB978F

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

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