#BB8A85#BB8A85

#BB8A85 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.061 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A85
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(6, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 17.96, 10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 20.56, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% 0.0549 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.061 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8164, 30.4370, 26.2795)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A85 #85B6BB

analogous

#BB859B #BB8A85 #BBA585

triadic

#BB8A85 #85BB8A #8A85BB

tetradic

#BB8A85 #9BBB85 #85B6BB #A585BB

square

#BB8A85 #9BBB85 #85B6BB #A585BB

split-complementary

#BB8A85 #85BBA5 #859BBB

monochromatic

#7F4C47 #A5645E #BB8A85 #D1B0AC #E7D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BB8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BB8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A85

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A85	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.061 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aca8',
    500: '#bb8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a85;
$custom-light: #d0aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.556,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67949,
    "c": 0.06082,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A85

secondary

#C4D6D8

accent

#9DA73E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A85

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

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