#BB9599#BB9599

#BB9599 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.046 H 11.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9599
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(354, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(354, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 14.85, 3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 15.21, 12.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0451 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.046 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9908, 34.3610, 34.8146)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9599 #95BBB7

analogous

#BB95AC #BB9599 #BBA495

triadic

#BB9599 #99BB95 #9599BB

tetradic

#BB9599 #ACBB95 #95BBB7 #A495BB

square

#BB9599 #ACBB95 #95BBB7 #A495BB

split-complementary

#BB9599 #95BBA4 #95ACBB

monochromatic

#825358 #A37075 #BB9599 #D3BABD #EBE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BB9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9599

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9599	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.046 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4b7',
    500: '#bb9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9599;
$custom-light: #d0b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70607,
    "c": 0.04594,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9599

secondary

#D0DCDB

accent

#A09745

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9599

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

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