#BB958E#BB958E

#BB958E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.047 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB958E
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 142)
HSL	hsl(9, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(9, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 13.15, 9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 16.00, 34.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0407 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.047 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1238, 34.0142, 30.2485)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB958E #8EB4BB

analogous

#BB8E9E #BB958E #BBAC8E

triadic

#BB958E #8EBB95 #958EBB

tetradic

#BB958E #9EBB8E #8EB4BB #AC8EBB

square

#BB958E #9EBB8E #8EB4BB #AC8EBB

split-complementary

#BB958E #8EBBAC #8E9EBB

monochromatic

#81564E #A47168 #BB958E #D2B9B4 #E9DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB958E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BB958E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB958E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB958E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB958E	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D998D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb958e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.047 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4af',
    500: '#bb958e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb958e;
$custom-light: #d0b4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb958e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.333,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70303,
    "c": 0.04711,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB958E

secondary

#CBD8DA

accent

#94A342

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB958E

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

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