#BB9899#BB9899

#BB9899 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.042 H 16.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9899
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(358, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(358, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 13.18, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 13.90, 18.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0403 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.042 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4716, 35.3225, 34.9749)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9899 #98BBBA

analogous

#BB98AB #BB9899 #BBA998

triadic

#BB9899 #99BB98 #9899BB

tetradic

#BB9899 #ABBB98 #98BBBA #A998BB

square

#BB9899 #ABBB98 #98BBBA #A998BB

split-complementary

#BB9899 #98BBA9 #98ABBB

monochromatic

#825657 #A37374 #BB9899 #D3BDBE #ECE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB9899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9899

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9899	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#9E9D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.042 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b7',
    500: '#bb9899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9899;
$custom-light: #d0b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.286,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7119,
    "c": 0.04194,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9899

secondary

#D2DDDD

accent

#9F9C47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9899

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

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