#BB9595#BB9595

#BB9595 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.046 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9595
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 149)
HSL	hsl(0, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 14.22, 5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 15.21, 20.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0435 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.046 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6660, 34.2310, 33.1038)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9595 #95BBBB

analogous

#BB95A8 #BB9595 #BBA895

triadic

#BB9595 #95BB95 #9595BB

tetradic

#BB9595 #A8BB95 #95BBBB #A895BB

square

#BB9595 #A8BB95 #95BBBB #A895BB

split-complementary

#BB9595 #95BBA8 #95A8BB

monochromatic

#825353 #A37070 #BB9595 #D3BABA #EBE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9595

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9595	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.046 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4b4',
    500: '#bb9595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9595;
$custom-light: #d0b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70493,
    "c": 0.04578,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9595

secondary

#D0DCDC

accent

#A0A045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9595

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

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