#BB8A86#BB8A86

#BB8A86 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.061 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A86
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(5, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, 18.10, 9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 20.43, 27.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% 0.0553 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.061 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8858, 30.4648, 26.6451)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A86 #86B7BB

analogous

#BB869C #BB8A86 #BBA486

triadic

#BB8A86 #86BB8A #8A86BB

tetradic

#BB8A86 #9CBB86 #86B7BB #A486BB

square

#BB8A86 #9CBB86 #86B7BB #A486BB

split-complementary

#BB8A86 #86BBA4 #869CBB

monochromatic

#7F4C47 #A5645F #BB8A86 #D1B0AD #E7D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BB8A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BB8A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A86

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A86	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)

#949086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.061 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aca9',
    500: '#bb8a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a86;
$custom-light: #d0aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.528,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67975,
    "c": 0.06061,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A86

secondary

#C5D6D8

accent

#9FA73F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A86

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

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