#BB8B87#BB8B87

#BB8B87 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.059 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B87
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(5, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, 17.69, 9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 19.98, 27.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0541 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.059 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1000, 30.7811, 27.0622)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B87 #87B7BB

analogous

#BB879D #BB8B87 #BBA587

triadic

#BB8B87 #87BB8B #8B87BB

tetradic

#BB8B87 #9DBB87 #87B7BB #A587BB

square

#BB8B87 #9DBB87 #87B7BB #A587BB

split-complementary

#BB8B87 #87BBA5 #879DBB

monochromatic

#7F4C48 #A56560 #BB8B87 #D1B1AE #E7D7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BB8B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BB8B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B87

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B87	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.059 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adaa',
    500: '#bb8b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b87;
$custom-light: #d0adaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68191,
    "c": 0.05929,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B87

secondary

#C6D7D8

accent

#9EA63F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B87

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

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