#BB8E89#BB8E89

#BB8E89 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.056 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E89
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(6, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(6, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 16.31, 9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 18.76, 29.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.05 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.056 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6825, 31.7186, 27.9575)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E89 #89B6BB

analogous

#BB899D #BB8E89 #BBA789

triadic

#BB8E89 #89BB8E #8E89BB

tetradic

#BB8E89 #9DBB89 #89B6BB #A789BB

square

#BB8E89 #9DBB89 #89B6BB #A789BB

split-complementary

#BB8E89 #89BBA7 #899DBB

monochromatic

#804F4A #A56962 #BB8E89 #D1B3B0 #E8D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB8E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#BB8E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E89

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E89	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.056 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afab',
    500: '#bb8e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e89;
$custom-light: #d0afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68817,
    "c": 0.05556,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E89

secondary

#C7D7D9

accent

#9BA540

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E89

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

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