#BB9788#BB9788

#BB9788 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.048 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9788
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 136)
HSL	hsl(18, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 11.18, 12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 17.14, 49.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.035 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.048 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0046, 34.4771, 28.0460)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9788 #88ACBB

analogous

#BB8892 #BB9788 #BBB088

triadic

#BB9788 #88BB97 #9788BB

tetradic

#BB9788 #92BB88 #88ACBB #B088BB

square

#BB9788 #92BB88 #88ACBB #B088BB

split-complementary

#BB9788 #88BBB0 #8892BB

monochromatic

#805949 #A57561 #BB9788 #D1B9AF #E8DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BB9788 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9788

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9788	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.048 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5aa',
    500: '#bb9788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9788;
$custom-light: #d0b5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70542,
    "c": 0.04846,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9788

secondary

#C6D3D8

accent

#88A640

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9788

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

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