#BB8488#BB8488

#BB8488 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.068 H 14.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8488
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(356, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(356, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 21.72, 6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 22.63, 16.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.066 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.068 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1894, 28.8468, 27.1076)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8488 #84BBB7

analogous

#BB84A4 #BB8488 #BB9B84

triadic

#BB8488 #88BB84 #8488BB

tetradic

#BB8488 #A4BB84 #84BBB7 #9B84BB

square

#BB8488 #A4BB84 #84BBB7 #9B84BB

split-complementary

#BB8488 #84BB9B #84A4BB

monochromatic

#7F464A #A55D62 #BB8488 #D1ABAE #E7D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BB8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8488

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8488	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.068 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a8aa',
    500: '#bb8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8488;
$custom-light: #d0a8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.636,
    "s": 28.796,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66904,
    "c": 0.0681,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8488

secondary

#C3D7D6

accent

#A7A03E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#140F10

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8488

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

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