#BB9690#BB9690

#BB9690 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.046 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9690
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 144)
HSL	hsl(8, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(8, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 23%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 12.90, 8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 15.40, 33.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0399 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.046 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4342, 34.3926, 31.0994)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9690 #90B5BB

analogous

#BB90A0 #BB9690 #BBAB90

triadic

#BB9690 #90BB96 #9690BB

tetradic

#BB9690 #A0BB90 #90B5BB #AB90BB

square

#BB9690 #A0BB90 #90B5BB #AB90BB

split-complementary

#BB9690 #90BBAB #90A0BB

monochromatic

#81564F #A4726A #BB9690 #D2BAB6 #E9DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BB9690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9690

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9690	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.046 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5b0',
    500: '#bb9690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9690;
$custom-light: #d0b5b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.372,
    "s": 24.022,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70552,
    "c": 0.04554,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9690

secondary

#CCD9DB

accent

#95A343

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9690

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

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