#BB9591#BB9591

#BB9591 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.046 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9591
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 145)
HSL	hsl(6, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(6, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 22.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 13.60, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 15.55, 28.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0419 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.046 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3521, 34.1055, 31.4507)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9591 #91B7BB

analogous

#BB91A2 #BB9591 #BBAA91

triadic

#BB9591 #91BB95 #9591BB

tetradic

#BB9591 #A2BB91 #91B7BB #AA91BB

square

#BB9591 #A2BB91 #91B7BB #AA91BB

split-complementary

#BB9591 #91BBAA #91A2BB

monochromatic

#825550 #A4716B #BB9591 #D2B9B7 #EADEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BB9591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9591

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9591	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A191

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.046 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4b1',
    500: '#bb9591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9591;
$custom-light: #d0b4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70384,
    "c": 0.04631,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9591

secondary

#CDDADB

accent

#99A243

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9591

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

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