#BB8A88#BB8A88

#BB8A88 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.060 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A88
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(2, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, 18.39, 8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 20.22, 24.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% 0.0562 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.06 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0266, 30.5211, 27.3867)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A88 #88B9BB

analogous

#BB889F #BB8A88 #BBA388

triadic

#BB8A88 #88BB8A #8A88BB

tetradic

#BB8A88 #9FBB88 #88B9BB #A388BB

square

#BB8A88 #9FBB88 #88B9BB #A388BB

split-complementary

#BB8A88 #88BBA3 #889FBB

monochromatic

#804B49 #A56461 #BB8A88 #D1B0AF #E8D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BB8A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BB8A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A88

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A88	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)

#939188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.060 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0acaa',
    500: '#bb8a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a88;
$custom-light: #d0acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.353,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68028,
    "c": 0.06032,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A88

secondary

#C6D8D8

accent

#A2A640

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A88

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

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