#BB8988#BB8988

#BB8988 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.062 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8988
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 136)
HSL	hsl(1, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 18.94, 8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 20.59, 23.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% 0.0578 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.062 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8838, 30.2355, 27.3391)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8988 #88BABB

analogous

#BB88A0 #BB8988 #BBA288

triadic

#BB8988 #88BB89 #8988BB

tetradic

#BB8988 #A0BB88 #88BABB #A288BB

square

#BB8988 #A0BB88 #88BABB #A288BB

split-complementary

#BB8988 #88BBA2 #88A0BB

monochromatic

#804A49 #A56261 #BB8988 #D1B0AF #E8D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BB8988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BB8988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8988

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8988	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.062 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abaa',
    500: '#bb8988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8988;
$custom-light: #d0abaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.176,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67839,
    "c": 0.06154,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8988

secondary

#C6D8D8

accent

#A4A640

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8988

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

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