#BB8B8A#BB8B8A

#BB8B8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.059 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B8A
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, 18.12, 7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 19.68, 23.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0553 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.059 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3142, 30.8668, 28.1903)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B8A #8ABABB

analogous

#BB8AA1 #BB8B8A #BBA38A

triadic

#BB8B8A #8ABB8B #8B8ABB

tetradic

#BB8B8A #A1BB8A #8ABABB #A38ABB

square

#BB8B8A #A1BB8A #8ABABB #A38ABB

split-complementary

#BB8B8A #8ABBA3 #8AA1BB

monochromatic

#804C4A #A56563 #BB8B8A #D1B1B1 #E8D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BB8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#BB8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B8A

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B8A	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.059 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adac',
    500: '#bb8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b8a;
$custom-light: #d0adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.224,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68271,
    "c": 0.05889,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B8A

secondary

#C8D9D9

accent

#A3A540

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B8A

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

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