#BB8885#BB8885

#BB8885 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.063 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8885
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 133)
HSL	hsl(3, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 19.07, 9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 21.23, 26.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% 0.0582 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.063 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5321, 29.8684, 26.1847)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8885 #85B8BB

analogous

#BB859D #BB8885 #BBA385

triadic

#BB8885 #85BB88 #8885BB

tetradic

#BB8885 #9DBB85 #85B8BB #A385BB

square

#BB8885 #9DBB85 #85B8BB #A385BB

split-complementary

#BB8885 #85BBA3 #859DBB

monochromatic

#7F4A47 #A5625E #BB8885 #D1AEAC #E7D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB8885 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8885

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8885	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.063 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aba8',
    500: '#bb8885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8885;
$custom-light: #d0aba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6757,
    "c": 0.06311,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8885

secondary

#C4D7D8

accent

#A1A73E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8885

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

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