#BB9399#BB9399

#BB9399 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.049 H 8.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9399
RGB	rgb(187, 147, 153)
HSL	hsl(351, 23%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(351, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, 15.95, 2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 16.17, 9.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.0483 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.049 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6771, 33.7336, 34.7101)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9399 #93BBB5

analogous

#BB93AD #BB9399 #BBA193

triadic

#BB9399 #99BB93 #9399BB

tetradic

#BB9399 #ADBB93 #93BBB5 #A193BB

square

#BB9399 #ADBB93 #93BBB5 #A193BB

split-complementary

#BB9399 #93BBA1 #93ADBB

monochromatic

#825259 #A36D76 #BB9399 #D3B9BC #EADEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BB9399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9399

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9399	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 147, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.049 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b2b7',
    500: '#bb9399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9399;
$custom-light: #d0b2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70221,
    "c": 0.04877,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9399

secondary

#CEDCDA

accent

#A19344

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9399

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

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