#BB858D#BB858D

#BB858D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.067 H 9.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB858D
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 141)
HSL	hsl(351, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(351, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 21.89, 4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 22.26, 10.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0663 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.067 9.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6893, 29.2648, 29.0683)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB858D #85BBB3

analogous

#BB85A8 #BB858D #BB9885

triadic

#BB858D #8DBB85 #858DBB

tetradic

#BB858D #A8BB85 #85BBB3 #9885BB

square

#BB858D #A8BB85 #85BBB3 #9885BB

split-complementary

#BB858D #85BB98 #85A8BB

monochromatic

#7F474F #A55E68 #BB858D #D1ACB2 #E7D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB858D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BB858D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB858D

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB858D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB858D	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A978C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb858d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.067 9.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9ae',
    500: '#bb858d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb858d;
$custom-light: #d0a9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb858d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.111,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6723,
    "c": 0.0672,
    "h": 9.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB858D

secondary

#C4D8D5

accent

#A7983E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB858D

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

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