#BB8886#BB8886

#BB8886 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.063 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8886
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 134)
HSL	hsl(2, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 19.21, 8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 21.13, 24.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0586 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.063 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6015, 29.8962, 26.5503)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8886 #86B9BB

analogous

#BB869E #BB8886 #BBA286

triadic

#BB8886 #86BB88 #8886BB

tetradic

#BB8886 #9EBB86 #86B9BB #A286BB

square

#BB8886 #9EBB86 #86B9BB #A286BB

split-complementary

#BB8886 #86BBA2 #869EBB

monochromatic

#7F4A47 #A5615F #BB8886 #D1AFAD #E7D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8886 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BB8886 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8886

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8886	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8886	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928F86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8886;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.063 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aba9',
    500: '#bb8886',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8886;
$custom-light: #d0aba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8886",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.264,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67597,
    "c": 0.06297,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8886

secondary

#C5D7D8

accent

#A3A73F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8886

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

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