#BB9488#BB9488

#BB9488 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.050 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9488
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 136)
HSL	hsl(14, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(14, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 12.84, 11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 17.52, 42.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0398 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.05 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5279, 33.5238, 27.8871)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9488 #88AFBB

analogous

#BB8895 #BB9488 #BBAD88

triadic

#BB9488 #88BB94 #9488BB

tetradic

#BB9488 #95BB88 #88AFBB #AD88BB

square

#BB9488 #95BB88 #88AFBB #AD88BB

split-complementary

#BB9488 #88BBAD #8895BB

monochromatic

#805649 #A57161 #BB9488 #D1B7AF #E8DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BB9488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9488

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9488	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.050 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b3aa',
    500: '#bb9488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9488;
$custom-light: #d0b3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69953,
    "c": 0.0504,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9488

secondary

#C6D4D8

accent

#8EA640

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9488

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

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