#BB9191#BB9191

#BB9191 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.051 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9191
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 145)
HSL	hsl(0, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 22.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 15.82, 6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 16.96, 21.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0483 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.051 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7301, 32.8615, 31.2434)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9191 #91BBBB

analogous

#BB91A6 #BB9191 #BBA691

triadic

#BB9191 #91BB91 #9191BB

tetradic

#BB9191 #A6BB91 #91BBBB #A691BB

square

#BB9191 #A6BB91 #91BBBB #A691BB

split-complementary

#BB9191 #91BBA6 #91A6BB

monochromatic

#825050 #A46B6B #BB9191 #D2B7B7 #EADDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BB9191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9191

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9191	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.051 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b1b1',
    500: '#bb9191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9191;
$custom-light: #d0b1b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69609,
    "c": 0.05096,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9191

secondary

#CDDBDB

accent

#A2A243

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F5F5

border

#D2CFCF

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9191

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

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