#BB9799#BB9799

#BB9799 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.043 H 14.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9799
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(357, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(357, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 13.74, 4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 14.32, 16.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0419 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.043 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3100, 34.9993, 34.9210)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9799 #97BBB9

analogous

#BB97AB #BB9799 #BBA797

triadic

#BB9799 #99BB97 #9799BB

tetradic

#BB9799 #ABBB97 #97BBB9 #A797BB

square

#BB9799 #ABBB97 #97BBB9 #A797BB

split-complementary

#BB9799 #97BBA7 #97ABBB

monochromatic

#825558 #A37275 #BB9799 #D3BCBD #EBE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BB9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9799

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9799	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.043 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5b7',
    500: '#bb9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9799;
$custom-light: #d0b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70995,
    "c": 0.04322,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9799

secondary

#D1DDDC

accent

#9F9A46

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9799

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

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