#BB8480#BB8480

#BB8480 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.069 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8480
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(4, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 31.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 20.61, 10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 23.19, 27.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% 0.0628 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.069 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6420, 28.6278, 24.2243)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8480 #80B7BB

analogous

#BB809A #BB8480 #BBA280

triadic

#BB8480 #80BB84 #8480BB

tetradic

#BB8480 #9ABB80 #80B7BB #A280BB

square

#BB8480 #9ABB80 #80B7BB #A280BB

split-complementary

#BB8480 #80BBA2 #809ABB

monochromatic

#7D4743 #A55E59 #BB8480 #D0ABA8 #E6D1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#BB8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8480

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8480	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C967F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.069 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8a4',
    500: '#bb8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8480;
$custom-light: #d1a8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.068,
    "s": 30.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6669,
    "c": 0.06861,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8480

secondary

#C0D5D6

accent

#A2A93D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8480

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

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