#BB9699#BB9699

#BB9699 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.045 H 12.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9699
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 153)
HSL	hsl(355, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(355, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 14.29, 3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 14.76, 14.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0435 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.045 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1497, 34.6788, 34.8676)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9699 #96BBB8

analogous

#BB96AB #BB9699 #BBA596

triadic

#BB9699 #99BB96 #9699BB

tetradic

#BB9699 #ABBB96 #96BBB8 #A596BB

square

#BB9699 #ABBB96 #96BBB8 #A596BB

split-complementary

#BB9699 #96BBA5 #96ABBB

monochromatic

#825458 #A37175 #BB9699 #D3BBBD #EBE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB9699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9699

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9699	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.045 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5b7',
    500: '#bb9699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9699;
$custom-light: #d0b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.135,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70801,
    "c": 0.04456,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9699

secondary

#D0DCDB

accent

#A09846

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9699

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

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