#BB9199#BB9199

#BB9199 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.052 H 5.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9199
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 153)
HSL	hsl(349, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(349, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 17.07, 1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 17.17, 6.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.0515 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.052 5.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3688, 33.1170, 34.6073)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9199 #91BBB3

analogous

#BB91AE #BB9199 #BB9E91

triadic

#BB9199 #99BB91 #9199BB

tetradic

#BB9199 #AEBB91 #91BBB3 #9E91BB

square

#BB9199 #AEBB91 #91BBB3 #9E91BB

split-complementary

#BB9199 #91BB9E #91AEBB

monochromatic

#825059 #A46B76 #BB9199 #D2B7BC #EADDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB9199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BB9199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9199

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9199	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.052 5.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b1b7',
    500: '#bb9199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9199;
$custom-light: #d0b1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69838,
    "c": 0.05174,
    "h": 5.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9199

secondary

#CDDBD8

accent

#A29043

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F5F6

border

#D2CFD0

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9199

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

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