#BB8C8A#BB8C8A

#BB8C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.058 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C8A
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, 17.56, 8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 19.31, 24.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% 0.0537 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.058 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4596, 31.1577, 28.2388)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C8A #8AB9BB

analogous

#BB8AA0 #BB8C8A #BBA48A

triadic

#BB8C8A #8ABB8C #8C8ABB

tetradic

#BB8C8A #A0BB8A #8AB9BB #A48ABB

square

#BB8C8A #A0BB8A #8AB9BB #A48ABB

split-complementary

#BB8C8A #8ABBA4 #8AA0BB

monochromatic

#804D4A #A56663 #BB8C8A #D1B2B1 #E8D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BB8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#BB8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C8A

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C8A	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.058 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adac',
    500: '#bb8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c8a;
$custom-light: #d0adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68461,
    "c": 0.05767,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C8A

secondary

#C8D8D9

accent

#A1A540

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C8A

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

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