#BB9491#BB9491

#BB9491 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.047 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9491
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 145)
HSL	hsl(4, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(4, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 22.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 14.16, 7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 15.87, 26.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0435 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.047 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1946, 33.7904, 31.3982)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9491 #91B8BB

analogous

#BB91A3 #BB9491 #BBA991

triadic

#BB9491 #91BB94 #9491BB

tetradic

#BB9491 #A3BB91 #91B8BB #A991BB

square

#BB9491 #A3BB91 #91B8BB #A991BB

split-complementary

#BB9491 #91BBA9 #91A3BB

monochromatic

#825450 #A46F6B #BB9491 #D2B9B7 #EADEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB9491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9491

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9491	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.047 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b3b1',
    500: '#bb9491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9491;
$custom-light: #d0b3b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70189,
    "c": 0.0474,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9491

secondary

#CDDADB

accent

#9BA243

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9491

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

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