#BB9796#BB9796

#BB9796 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.043 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9796
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 150)
HSL	hsl(2, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(2, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 13.26, 5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 14.40, 22.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0407 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.043 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0653, 34.9014, 33.6325)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9796 #96BABB

analogous

#BB96A7 #BB9796 #BBA996

triadic

#BB9796 #96BB97 #9796BB

tetradic

#BB9796 #A7BB96 #96BABB #A996BB

square

#BB9796 #A7BB96 #96BABB #A996BB

split-complementary

#BB9796 #96BBA9 #96A7BB

monochromatic

#825654 #A37271 #BB9796 #D3BCBB #EBE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BB9796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9796

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9796	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.043 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5b4',
    500: '#bb9796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9796;
$custom-light: #d0b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70911,
    "c": 0.04329,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9796

secondary

#D0DCDC

accent

#9DA046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9796

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

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