#BB8A87#BB8A87

#BB8A87 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.060 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A87
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(3, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 18.24, 8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 20.32, 26.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0557 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.06 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9559, 30.4928, 27.0141)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A87 #87B8BB

analogous

#BB879E #BB8A87 #BBA487

triadic

#BB8A87 #87BB8A #8A87BB

tetradic

#BB8A87 #9EBB87 #87B8BB #A487BB

square

#BB8A87 #9EBB87 #87B8BB #A487BB

split-complementary

#BB8A87 #87BBA4 #879EBB

monochromatic

#7F4B48 #A56460 #BB8A87 #D1B0AE #E7D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BB8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BB8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A87

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A87	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.060 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0acaa',
    500: '#bb8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a87;
$custom-light: #d0acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.462,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68001,
    "c": 0.06045,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A87

secondary

#C6D7D8

accent

#A0A63F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A87

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

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