#BB8A8D#BB8A8D

#BB8A8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.060 H 14.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A8D
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(356, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(356, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, 19.11, 5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 19.96, 16.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0581 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.06 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3902, 30.6666, 29.3019)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A8D #8ABBB8

analogous

#BB8AA5 #BB8A8D #BB9F8A

triadic

#BB8A8D #8DBB8A #8A8DBB

tetradic

#BB8A8D #A5BB8A #8ABBB8 #9F8ABB

square

#BB8A8D #A5BB8A #8ABBB8 #9F8ABB

split-complementary

#BB8A8D #8ABB9F #8AA5BB

monochromatic

#804A4E #A56367 #BB8A8D #D1B1B3 #E8D7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BB8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BB8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A8D

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A8D	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.060 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0acae',
    500: '#bb8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a8d;
$custom-light: #d0acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.327,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68164,
    "c": 0.0601,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A8D

secondary

#C8D9D8

accent

#A59F40

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A8D

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

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