#BB9587#BB9587

#BB9587 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.050 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9587
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 135)
HSL	hsl(16, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(16, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 12.14, 12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 17.65, 46.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0378 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.05 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6147, 33.8105, 27.5671)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9587 #87ADBB

analogous

#BB8793 #BB9587 #BBAF87

triadic

#BB9587 #87BB95 #9587BB

tetradic

#BB9587 #93BB87 #87ADBB #AF87BB

square

#BB9587 #93BB87 #87ADBB #AF87BB

split-complementary

#BB9587 #87BBAF #8793BB

monochromatic

#7F5748 #A57260 #BB9587 #D1B8AE #E7DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB9587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9587

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9587	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)

#9E9986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.050 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4aa',
    500: '#bb9587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9587;
$custom-light: #d0b4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.154,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70124,
    "c": 0.05023,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9587

secondary

#C6D3D8

accent

#8BA63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9587

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

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