#BB8A8E#BB8A8E

#BB8A8E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.060 H 13.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A8E
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(355, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(355, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 19.26, 5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 19.95, 15.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0585 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.06 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4650, 30.6965, 29.6956)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A8E #8ABBB7

analogous

#BB8AA6 #BB8A8E #BB9E8A

triadic

#BB8A8E #8EBB8A #8A8EBB

tetradic

#BB8A8E #A6BB8A #8ABBB7 #9E8ABB

square

#BB8A8E #A6BB8A #8ABBB7 #9E8ABB

split-complementary

#BB8A8E #8ABB9E #8AA6BB

monochromatic

#804A4F #A56369 #BB8A8E #D1B1B3 #E8D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BB8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BB8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A8E

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A8E	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.060 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0acaf',
    500: '#bb8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a8e;
$custom-light: #d0acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.102,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68192,
    "c": 0.06016,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A8E

secondary

#C8D9D8

accent

#A59D40

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A8E

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

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