#BB696E#BB696E

#BB696E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.105 H 16.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB696E
RGB	rgb(187, 105, 110)
HSL	hsl(356, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(356, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 41.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 33.21, 11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 35.21, 19.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.1004 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.105 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3611, 21.7963, 17.4623)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB696E #69BBB6

analogous

#BB6997 #BB696E #BB8D69

triadic

#BB696E #6EBB69 #696EBB

tetradic

#BB696E #97BB69 #69BBB6 #8D69BB

square

#BB696E #97BB69 #69BBB6 #8D69BB

split-complementary

#BB696E #69BB8D #6997BB

monochromatic

#753539 #9F484D #BB696E #CE9397 #E1BDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BB696E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BB696E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB696E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB696E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB696E	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79776E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E876C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb696e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 105, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.105 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29597',
    500: '#bb696e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb696e;
$custom-light: #d29597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb696e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.341,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61456,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB696E

secondary

#AFD1CE

accent

#CEC75A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB696E

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

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