#BB8080#BB8080

#BB8080 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.074 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8080
RGB	rgb(187, 128, 128)
HSL	hsl(0, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 31.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 22.83, 9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 24.64, 22.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.0694 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.074 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1099, 27.5637, 24.0470)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8080 #80BBBB

analogous

#BB809E #BB8080 #BB9E80

triadic

#BB8080 #80BB80 #8080BB

tetradic

#BB8080 #9EBB80 #80BBBB #9E80BB

square

#BB8080 #9EBB80 #80BBBB #9E80BB

split-complementary

#BB8080 #80BB9E #809EBB

monochromatic

#7D4343 #A55959 #BB8080 #D0A8A8 #E6D0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BB8080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BB8080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8080

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8080	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99947F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 128, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.074 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a5a4',
    500: '#bb8080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8080;
$custom-light: #d1a5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 30.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6595,
    "c": 0.07353,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8080

secondary

#C0D6D6

accent

#A9A93D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8080

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

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