#BB8985#BB8985

#BB8985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.062 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8985
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(4, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 18.52, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 20.89, 27.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0566 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.062 24)
XYZ	xyz(33.6736, 30.1514, 26.2319)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8985 #85B7BB

analogous

#BB859C #BB8985 #BBA485

triadic

#BB8985 #85BB89 #8985BB

tetradic

#BB8985 #9CBB85 #85B7BB #A485BB

square

#BB8985 #9CBB85 #85B7BB #A485BB

split-complementary

#BB8985 #85BBA4 #859CBB

monochromatic

#7F4B47 #A5635E #BB8985 #D1AFAC #E7D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BB8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8985

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8985	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.062 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aba8',
    500: '#bb8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8985;
$custom-light: #d0aba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67759,
    "c": 0.06194,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.3015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8985

secondary

#C4D6D8

accent

#9FA73E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8985

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

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