#BB898E#BB898E

#BB898E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.062 H 12.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB898E
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(354, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(354, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, 19.82, 4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 20.40, 13.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0602 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.062 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3222, 30.4109, 29.6480)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB898E #89BBB6

analogous

#BB89A7 #BB898E #BB9D89

triadic

#BB898E #8EBB89 #898EBB

tetradic

#BB898E #A7BB89 #89BBB6 #9D89BB

square

#BB898E #A7BB89 #89BBB6 #9D89BB

split-complementary

#BB898E #89BB9D #89A7BB

monochromatic

#804A4F #A56269 #BB898E #D1B0B3 #E8D7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BB898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BB898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB898E

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB898E	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D998D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.062 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abaf',
    500: '#bb898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb898e;
$custom-light: #d0abaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68004,
    "c": 0.06155,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB898E

secondary

#C7D9D7

accent

#A59B40

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB898E

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

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