#BB8490#BB8490

#BB8490 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.069 H 4.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8490
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 144)
HSL	hsl(347, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(347, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 23%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 22.90, 2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 22.99, 5.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.0691 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.069 4.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7793, 29.0828, 30.2144)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8490 #84BBAF

analogous

#BB84AC #BB8490 #BB9384

triadic

#BB8490 #90BB84 #8490BB

tetradic

#BB8490 #ACBB84 #84BBAF #9384BB

square

#BB8490 #ACBB84 #84BBAF #9384BB

split-complementary

#BB8490 #84BB93 #84ACBB

monochromatic

#7F4652 #A55D6C #BB8490 #D1ABB4 #E7D3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BB8490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8490

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8490	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99978F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.069 4.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a8b0',
    500: '#bb8490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8490;
$custom-light: #d0a8b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.909,
    "s": 28.796,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67133,
    "c": 0.06937,
    "h": 4.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8490

secondary

#C3D7D3

accent

#A7903E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#140F10

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8490

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

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