#BB9397#BB9397

#BB9397 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.048 H 11.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9397
RGB	rgb(187, 147, 151)
HSL	hsl(354, 23%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(354, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 15.64, 3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 16.06, 13.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0475 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.048 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5133, 33.6681, 33.8474)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9397 #93BBB7

analogous

#BB93AB #BB9397 #BBA393

triadic

#BB9397 #97BB93 #9397BB

tetradic

#BB9397 #ABBB93 #93BBB7 #A393BB

square

#BB9397 #ABBB93 #93BBB7 #A393BB

split-complementary

#BB9397 #93BBA3 #93ABBB

monochromatic

#825257 #A36D73 #BB9397 #D3B9BB #EADEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB9397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9397

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9397	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 147, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.048 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b2b5',
    500: '#bb9397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9397;
$custom-light: #d0b2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70163,
    "c": 0.04848,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9397

secondary

#CEDCDA

accent

#A19844

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9397

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

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