#BB8993#BB8993

#BB8993 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.062 H 5.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8993
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 147)
HSL	hsl(348, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(348, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 21.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, 20.57, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 20.69, 6.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.0621 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.062 5.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7060, 30.5644, 31.6695)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8993 #89BBB1

analogous

#BB89AC #BB8993 #BB9889

triadic

#BB8993 #93BB89 #8993BB

tetradic

#BB8993 #ACBB89 #89BBB1 #9889BB

square

#BB8993 #ACBB89 #89BBB1 #9889BB

split-complementary

#BB8993 #89BB98 #89ACBB

monochromatic

#804A55 #A5626F #BB8993 #D1B0B7 #E8D7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BB8993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BB8993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8993

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8993	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.062 5.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abb2',
    500: '#bb8993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8993;
$custom-light: #d0abb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68149,
    "c": 0.06242,
    "h": 5.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8993

secondary

#C7D9D5

accent

#A59140

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F5

border

#D2CECF

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8993

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

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