#BB8481#BB8481

#BB8481 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.068 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8481
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(3, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, 20.75, 10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 23.07, 25.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0632 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.068 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7081, 28.6543, 24.5727)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8481 #81B8BB

analogous

#BB819B #BB8481 #BBA181

triadic

#BB8481 #81BB84 #8481BB

tetradic

#BB8481 #9BBB81 #81B8BB #A181BB

square

#BB8481 #9BBB81 #81B8BB #A181BB

split-complementary

#BB8481 #81BBA1 #819BBB

monochromatic

#7E4744 #A55D59 #BB8481 #D0ABA9 #E6D2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#BB8481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8481

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8481	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)

#8F8B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.068 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8a5',
    500: '#bb8481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8481;
$custom-light: #d1a8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.103,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66716,
    "c": 0.06845,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8481

secondary

#C1D5D7

accent

#A3A93D

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8481

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

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