#BB9795#BB9795

#BB9795 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.043 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9795
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 149)
HSL	hsl(3, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(3, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 13.11, 6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 14.48, 25.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0403 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.043 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9851, 34.8693, 33.2102)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9795 #95B9BB

analogous

#BB95A6 #BB9795 #BBAA95

triadic

#BB9795 #95BB97 #9795BB

tetradic

#BB9795 #A6BB95 #95B9BB #AA95BB

square

#BB9795 #A6BB95 #95B9BB #AA95BB

split-complementary

#BB9795 #95BBAA #95A6BB

monochromatic

#825653 #A37270 #BB9795 #D3BCBA #EBE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BB9795 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9795

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9795	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9B95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.043 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5b4',
    500: '#bb9795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9795;
$custom-light: #d0b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70883,
    "c": 0.0434,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9795

secondary

#D0DCDC

accent

#9BA045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9795

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

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