#BB8980#BB8980

#BB8980 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.063 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8980
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 128)
HSL	hsl(9, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(9, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 31.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, 17.83, 12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 21.69, 34.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.0546 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.063 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3363, 30.0165, 24.4558)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8980 #80B2BB

analogous

#BB8095 #BB8980 #BBA780

triadic

#BB8980 #80BB89 #8980BB

tetradic

#BB8980 #95BB80 #80B2BB #A780BB

square

#BB8980 #95BB80 #80B2BB #A780BB

split-complementary

#BB8980 #80BBA7 #8095BB

monochromatic

#7D4C43 #A56459 #BB8980 #D0AEA8 #E6D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB8980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BB8980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8980

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8980	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)

#948F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F997F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.063 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aba4',
    500: '#bb8980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8980;
$custom-light: #d1aba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.153,
    "s": 30.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67631,
    "c": 0.06319,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8980

secondary

#C0D3D6

accent

#98A93D

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8980

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

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