#BB9290#BB9290

#BB9290 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.050 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9290
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 144)
HSL	hsl(3, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(3, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 23%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 15.11, 6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 16.65, 24.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.0463 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.05 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8068, 33.1377, 30.8903)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9290 #90B9BB

analogous

#BB90A3 #BB9290 #BBA890

triadic

#BB9290 #90BB92 #9290BB

tetradic

#BB9290 #A3BB90 #90B9BB #A890BB

square

#BB9290 #A3BB90 #90B9BB #A890BB

split-complementary

#BB9290 #90BBA8 #90A3BB

monochromatic

#81524F #A46D6A #BB9290 #D2B7B6 #E9DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB9290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BB9290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9290

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9290	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.050 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b2b0',
    500: '#bb9290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9290;
$custom-light: #d0b2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 24.022,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69774,
    "c": 0.04984,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9290

secondary

#CCDADB

accent

#9EA343

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F5F4

border

#D2CFCE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9290

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

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