#BB8A7E#BB8A7E

#BB8A7E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.063 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A7E
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(12, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(12, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 32.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, 17.01, 13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 21.88, 38.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.0521 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.063 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3488, 30.2500, 23.8169)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A7E #7EAFBB

analogous

#BB7E91 #BB8A7E #BBA97E

triadic

#BB8A7E #7EBB8A #8A7EBB

tetradic

#BB8A7E #91BB7E #7EAFBB #A97EBB

square

#BB8A7E #91BB7E #7EAFBB #A97EBB

split-complementary

#BB8A7E #7EBBA9 #7E91BB

monochromatic

#7D4D42 #A56657 #BB8A7E #D0AEA6 #E5D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BB8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BB8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A7E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A7E	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)

#95907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.063 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aca3',
    500: '#bb8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a7e;
$custom-light: #d1aca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.803,
    "s": 30.964,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67772,
    "c": 0.06296,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A7E

secondary

#BFD1D6

accent

#94AA3C

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F3

border

#D2CECD

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A7E

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

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