#BB8D83#BB8D83

#BB8D83 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.058 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D83
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 131)
HSL	hsl(11, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(11, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 29.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 16.02, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 20.09, 37.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0492 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.058 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1159, 31.2550, 25.7042)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D83 #83B1BB

analogous

#BB8395 #BB8D83 #BBA983

triadic

#BB8D83 #83BB8D #8D83BB

tetradic

#BB8D83 #95BB83 #83B1BB #A983BB

square

#BB8D83 #95BB83 #83B1BB #A983BB

split-complementary

#BB8D83 #83BBA9 #8395BB

monochromatic

#7E4F45 #A5695B #BB8D83 #D1B1AB #E6D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BB8D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BB8D83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D83

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D83	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.058 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aea7',
    500: '#bb8d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d83;
$custom-light: #d0aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6847,
    "c": 0.05834,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D83

secondary

#C3D3D7

accent

#95A83E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D83

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

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