#BB8D8A#BB8D8A

#BB8D8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.057 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D8A
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(4, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(4, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, 17.00, 8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 18.96, 26.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.052 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.057 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6064, 31.4512, 28.2877)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D8A #8AB8BB

analogous

#BB8A9F #BB8D8A #BBA58A

triadic

#BB8D8A #8ABB8D #8D8ABB

tetradic

#BB8D8A #9FBB8A #8AB8BB #A58ABB

square

#BB8D8A #9FBB8A #8AB8BB #A58ABB

split-complementary

#BB8D8A #8ABBA5 #8A9FBB

monochromatic

#804E4A #A56763 #BB8D8A #D1B3B1 #E8D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#BB8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D8A

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D8A	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.057 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aeac',
    500: '#bb8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d8a;
$custom-light: #d0aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.673,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68652,
    "c": 0.0565,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D8A

secondary

#C8D8D9

accent

#9FA540

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D8A

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

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