#BB8281#BB8281

#BB8281 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.071 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8281
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 129)
HSL	hsl(1, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 21.86, 9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 23.80, 23.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0665 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.071 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4395, 28.1170, 24.4831)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8281 #81BABB

analogous

#BB819D #BB8281 #BB9F81

triadic

#BB8281 #81BB82 #8281BB

tetradic

#BB8281 #9DBB81 #81BABB #9F81BB

square

#BB8281 #9DBB81 #81BABB #9F81BB

split-complementary

#BB8281 #81BB9F #819DBB

monochromatic

#7E4544 #A55B59 #BB8281 #D0A9A9 #E6D1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BB8281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BB8281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8281

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8281	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.071 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a6a5',
    500: '#bb8281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8281;
$custom-light: #d1a6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.034,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66345,
    "c": 0.07091,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8281

secondary

#C1D6D7

accent

#A7A93D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8281

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

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