#BB9897#BB9897

#BB9897 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.042 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9897
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 151)
HSL	hsl(2, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(2, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 12.87, 5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 13.98, 22.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0395 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.042 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3078, 35.2570, 34.1122)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9897 #97BABB

analogous

#BB97A8 #BB9897 #BBAA97

triadic

#BB9897 #97BB98 #9897BB

tetradic

#BB9897 #A8BB97 #97BABB #AA97BB

square

#BB9897 #A8BB97 #97BABB #AA97BB

split-complementary

#BB9897 #97BBAA #97A8BB

monochromatic

#825655 #A37372 #BB9897 #D3BDBC #EBE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BB9897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9897

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9897	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.042 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b5',
    500: '#bb9897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9897;
$custom-light: #d0b6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71134,
    "c": 0.04202,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9897

secondary

#D1DCDD

accent

#9D9F46

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9897

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

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