#BB9596#BB9596

#BB9596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.046 H 16.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9596
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(358, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(358, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 14.37, 4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 15.18, 18.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0439 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.046 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7462, 34.2631, 33.5261)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9596 #95BBBA

analogous

#BB95A9 #BB9596 #BBA795

triadic

#BB9596 #96BB95 #9596BB

tetradic

#BB9596 #A9BB95 #95BBBA #A795BB

square

#BB9596 #A9BB95 #95BBBA #A795BB

split-complementary

#BB9596 #95BBA7 #95A9BB

monochromatic

#825355 #A37071 #BB9596 #D3BABB #EBE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9596

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9596	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#9B9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.046 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4b4',
    500: '#bb9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9596;
$custom-light: #d0b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.421,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70522,
    "c": 0.04576,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9596

secondary

#D0DCDC

accent

#A09E45

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9596

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

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