#BB8381#BB8381

#BB8381 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.070 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8381
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 129)
HSL	hsl(2, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 21.30, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 23.43, 24.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0649 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.07 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5732, 28.3844, 24.5277)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8381 #81B9BB

analogous

#BB819C #BB8381 #BBA081

triadic

#BB8381 #81BB83 #8381BB

tetradic

#BB8381 #9CBB81 #81B9BB #A081BB

square

#BB8381 #9CBB81 #81B9BB #A081BB

split-complementary

#BB8381 #81BBA0 #819CBB

monochromatic

#7E4644 #A55C59 #BB8381 #D0AAA9 #E6D1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BB8381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BB8381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8381

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8381	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.070 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a7a5',
    500: '#bb8381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8381;
$custom-light: #d1a7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.069,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6653,
    "c": 0.06967,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8381

secondary

#C1D6D7

accent

#A5A93D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8381

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

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