#BB9696#BB9696

#BB9696 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.045 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9696
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(0, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 13.82, 5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 14.78, 20.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0423 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.045 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9051, 34.5809, 33.5790)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9696 #96BBBB

analogous

#BB96A8 #BB9696 #BBA896

triadic

#BB9696 #96BB96 #9696BB

tetradic

#BB9696 #A8BB96 #96BBBB #A896BB

square

#BB9696 #A8BB96 #96BBBB #A896BB

split-complementary

#BB9696 #96BBA8 #96A8BB

monochromatic

#825454 #A37171 #BB9696 #D3BBBB #EBE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BB9696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9696

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9696	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.045 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5b4',
    500: '#bb9696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9696;
$custom-light: #d0b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70716,
    "c": 0.04451,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9696

secondary

#D0DCDC

accent

#A0A046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9696

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

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