#BB8A83#BB8A83

#BB8A83 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.061 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A83
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 131)
HSL	hsl(8, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 29.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 17.68, 11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 20.87, 32.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% 0.0541 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.061 28)
XYZ	xyz(33.6795, 30.3823, 25.5587)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A83 #83B4BB

analogous

#BB8398 #BB8A83 #BBA683

triadic

#BB8A83 #83BB8A #8A83BB

tetradic

#BB8A83 #98BB83 #83B4BB #A683BB

square

#BB8A83 #98BB83 #83B4BB #A683BB

split-complementary

#BB8A83 #83BBA6 #8398BB

monochromatic

#7E4C45 #A5655B #BB8A83 #D1AFAB #E6D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BB8A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BB8A83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A83

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A83	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)

#949082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.061 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aca7',
    500: '#bb8a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a83;
$custom-light: #d0aca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67897,
    "c": 0.06129,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.3038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A83

secondary

#C3D5D7

accent

#9BA83E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A83

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

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