#BB8E8A#BB8E8A

#BB8E8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.055 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E8A
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(5, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 16.45, 8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 18.63, 28.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0504 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.055 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7545, 31.7475, 28.3371)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E8A #8AB7BB

analogous

#BB8A9E #BB8E8A #BBA68A

triadic

#BB8E8A #8ABB8E #8E8ABB

tetradic

#BB8E8A #9EBB8A #8AB7BB #A68ABB

square

#BB8E8A #9EBB8A #8AB7BB #A68ABB

split-complementary

#BB8E8A #8ABBA6 #8A9EBB

monochromatic

#804F4A #A56963 #BB8E8A #D1B3B1 #E8D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BB8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E8A

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E8A	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.055 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afac',
    500: '#bb8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e8a;
$custom-light: #d0afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68843,
    "c": 0.05536,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E8A

secondary

#C8D8D9

accent

#9DA540

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E8A

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

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