#BB9490#BB9490

#BB9490 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.048 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9490
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 144)
HSL	hsl(6, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(6, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 23%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 14.01, 7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 15.98, 28.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0431 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.048 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1178, 33.7597, 30.9939)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9490 #90B7BB

analogous

#BB90A2 #BB9490 #BBA990

triadic

#BB9490 #90BB94 #9490BB

tetradic

#BB9490 #A2BB90 #90B7BB #A990BB

square

#BB9490 #A2BB90 #90B7BB #A990BB

split-complementary

#BB9490 #90BBA9 #90A2BB

monochromatic

#81544F #A46F6A #BB9490 #D2B9B6 #E9DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BB9490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9490

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9490	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)

#9C9990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.048 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b3b0',
    500: '#bb9490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9490;
$custom-light: #d0b3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.581,
    "s": 24.022,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70162,
    "c": 0.04758,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9490

secondary

#CCD9DB

accent

#9AA343

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9490

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

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