#BB8A89#BB8A89

#BB8A89 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.060 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A89
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(1, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, 18.53, 7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 20.13, 23.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0566 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.06 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0980, 30.5497, 27.7627)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A89 #89BABB

analogous

#BB89A1 #BB8A89 #BBA389

triadic

#BB8A89 #89BB8A #8A89BB

tetradic

#BB8A89 #A1BB89 #89BABB #A389BB

square

#BB8A89 #A1BB89 #89BABB #A389BB

split-complementary

#BB8A89 #89BBA3 #89A1BB

monochromatic

#804B4A #A56462 #BB8A89 #D1B0B0 #E8D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BB8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BB8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A89

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A89	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.060 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0acab',
    500: '#bb8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a89;
$custom-light: #d0acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.2,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68055,
    "c": 0.06021,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A89

secondary

#C7D8D9

accent

#A3A540

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A89

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

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