#BB9495#BB9495

#BB9495 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.047 H 16.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9495
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 149)
HSL	hsl(358, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(358, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 14.77, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 15.61, 18.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0451 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.047 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5085, 33.9160, 33.0513)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9495 #94BBBA

analogous

#BB94A8 #BB9495 #BBA694

triadic

#BB9495 #95BB94 #9495BB

tetradic

#BB9495 #A8BB94 #94BBBA #A694BB

square

#BB9495 #A8BB94 #94BBBA #A694BB

split-complementary

#BB9495 #94BBA6 #94A8BB

monochromatic

#825354 #A36F70 #BB9495 #D3B9BA #EBDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB9495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9495

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9495	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.047 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b3b4',
    500: '#bb9495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9495;
$custom-light: #d0b3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.462,
    "s": 22.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.703,
    "c": 0.04704,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9495

secondary

#CFDCDC

accent

#A19E45

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9495

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

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