#BB9898#BB9898

#BB9898 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.042 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9898
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 152)
HSL	hsl(0, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 13.02, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 13.93, 20.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0399 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.042 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3893, 35.2896, 34.5417)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9898 #98BBBB

analogous

#BB98AA #BB9898 #BBAA98

triadic

#BB9898 #98BB98 #9898BB

tetradic

#BB9898 #AABB98 #98BBBB #AA98BB

square

#BB9898 #AABB98 #98BBBB #AA98BB

split-complementary

#BB9898 #98BBAA #98AABB

monochromatic

#825656 #A37373 #BB9898 #D3BDBD #ECE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB9898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9898

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9898	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.042 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b6',
    500: '#bb9898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9898;
$custom-light: #d0b6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71162,
    "c": 0.04195,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9898

secondary

#D2DDDD

accent

#9F9F47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9898

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

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