#BB8889#BB8889

#BB8889 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.063 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8889
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 137)
HSL	hsl(359, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(359, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, 19.64, 7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 20.91, 20.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0598 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.063 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8137, 29.9811, 27.6679)
Luminance	0.2998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8889 #88BBBA

analogous

#BB88A2 #BB8889 #BBA088

triadic

#BB8889 #89BB88 #8889BB

tetradic

#BB8889 #A2BB88 #88BBBA #A088BB

square

#BB8889 #A2BB88 #88BBBA #A088BB

split-complementary

#BB8889 #88BBA0 #88A2BB

monochromatic

#80494A #A56162 #BB8889 #D1AFB0 #E8D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB8889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BB8889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8889

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8889	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.063 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abab',
    500: '#bb8889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8889;
$custom-light: #d0abab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.824,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67678,
    "c": 0.06275,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8889

secondary

#C6D8D8

accent

#A6A440

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8889

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

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