#BB9593#BB9593

#BB9593 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.046 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9593
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 147)
HSL	hsl(3, 23%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(3, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 21.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 13.91, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 15.34, 24.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0427 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.046 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5077, 34.1677, 32.2701)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9593 #93B9BB

analogous

#BB93A5 #BB9593 #BBA993

triadic

#BB9593 #93BB95 #9593BB

tetradic

#BB9593 #A5BB93 #93B9BB #A993BB

square

#BB9593 #A5BB93 #93B9BB #A993BB

split-complementary

#BB9593 #93BBA9 #93A5BB

monochromatic

#825452 #A3706D #BB9593 #D3BAB9 #EADFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BB9593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9593

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9593	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.046 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4b2',
    500: '#bb9593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9593;
$custom-light: #d0b4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70438,
    "c": 0.04597,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9593

secondary

#CEDBDC

accent

#9DA144

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9593

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

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