#BB9499#BB9499

#BB9499 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.047 H 9.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9499
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 153)
HSL	hsl(352, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(352, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 15.40, 2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 15.68, 10.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0467 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.047 9.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8333, 34.0459, 34.7621)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9499 #94BBB6

analogous

#BB94AC #BB9499 #BBA294

triadic

#BB9499 #99BB94 #9499BB

tetradic

#BB9499 #ACBB94 #94BBB6 #A294BB

square

#BB9499 #ACBB94 #94BBB6 #A294BB

split-complementary

#BB9499 #94BBA2 #94ACBB

monochromatic

#825359 #A36F75 #BB9499 #D3B9BD #EBDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BB9499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9499

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9499	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.047 9.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b3b7',
    500: '#bb9499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9499;
$custom-light: #d0b3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.308,
    "s": 22.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70414,
    "c": 0.04734,
    "h": 9.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9499

secondary

#CFDCDA

accent

#A19545

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9499

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

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