#BB9890#BB9890

#BB9890 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.044 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9890
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 144)
HSL	hsl(11, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(11, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 23%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 11.79, 9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 14.91, 37.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0366 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.044 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7561, 35.0363, 31.2067)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9890 #90B3BB

analogous

#BB909E #BB9890 #BBAE90

triadic

#BB9890 #90BB98 #9890BB

tetradic

#BB9890 #9EBB90 #90B3BB #AE90BB

square

#BB9890 #9EBB90 #90B3BB #AE90BB

split-complementary

#BB9890 #90BBAE #909EBB

monochromatic

#81594F #A4756A #BB9890 #D2BBB6 #E9DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9890 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BB9890 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9890

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9890	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9890	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9890;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.044 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b0',
    500: '#bb9890',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9890;
$custom-light: #d0b6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9890",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.163,
    "s": 24.022,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70944,
    "c": 0.04372,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9890

secondary

#CCD8DB

accent

#91A343

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9890

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

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