#BB8E87#BB8E87

#BB8E87 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.056 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E87
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(8, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(8, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 16.02, 10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 19.07, 32.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% 0.0492 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.056 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5403, 31.6618, 27.2090)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E87 #87B4BB

analogous

#BB879A #BB8E87 #BBA887

triadic

#BB8E87 #87BB8E #8E87BB

tetradic

#BB8E87 #9ABB87 #87B4BB #A887BB

square

#BB8E87 #9ABB87 #87B4BB #A887BB

split-complementary

#BB8E87 #87BBA8 #879ABB

monochromatic

#7F5048 #A56960 #BB8E87 #D1B3AE #E7D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB8E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BB8E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E87

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E87	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.056 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afaa',
    500: '#bb8e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e87;
$custom-light: #d0afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.077,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68764,
    "c": 0.05607,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E87

secondary

#C6D6D8

accent

#98A63F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E87

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

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