#BB9196#BB9196

#BB9196 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.051 H 10.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9196
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 150)
HSL	hsl(353, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(353, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 16.59, 3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 16.95, 11.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0503 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.051 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1242, 33.0191, 33.3187)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9196 #91BBB6

analogous

#BB91AB #BB9196 #BBA191

triadic

#BB9196 #96BB91 #9196BB

tetradic

#BB9196 #ABBB91 #91BBB6 #A191BB

square

#BB9196 #ABBB91 #91BBB6 #A191BB

split-complementary

#BB9196 #91BBA1 #91ABBB

monochromatic

#825056 #A46B72 #BB9196 #D2B7BA #EADDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB9196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BB9196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9196

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9196	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.051 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b1b4',
    500: '#bb9196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9196;
$custom-light: #d0b1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.857,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6975,
    "c": 0.05116,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9196

secondary

#CDDBD9

accent

#A29743

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F5F6

border

#D2CFD0

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9196

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

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