#BB8D89#BB8D89

#BB8D89 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.057 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D89
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 137)
HSL	hsl(5, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 16.86, 8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 19.08, 27.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.0516 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.057 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5344, 31.4224, 27.9082)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D89 #89B7BB

analogous

#BB899E #BB8D89 #BBA689

triadic

#BB8D89 #89BB8D #8D89BB

tetradic

#BB8D89 #9EBB89 #89B7BB #A689BB

square

#BB8D89 #9EBB89 #89B7BB #A689BB

split-complementary

#BB8D89 #89BBA6 #899EBB

monochromatic

#804E4A #A56762 #BB8D89 #D1B3B0 #E8D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB8D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BB8D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D89

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D89	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.057 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aeab',
    500: '#bb8d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d89;
$custom-light: #d0aeab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68625,
    "c": 0.05667,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D89

secondary

#C7D7D9

accent

#9DA540

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D89

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

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