#BB989A#BB989A

#BB989A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.042 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB989A
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(357, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(357, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 17.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 13.34, 3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 13.90, 16.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0407 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.042 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5545, 35.3557, 35.4117)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB989A #98BBB9

analogous

#BB98AC #BB989A #BBA898

triadic

#BB989A #9ABB98 #989ABB

tetradic

#BB989A #ACBB98 #98BBB9 #A898BB

square

#BB989A #ACBB98 #98BBB9 #A898BB

split-complementary

#BB989A #98BBA8 #98ACBB

monochromatic

#825659 #A37376 #BB989A #D3BDBE #ECE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BB989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB989A

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB989A	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.042 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b7',
    500: '#bb989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb989a;
$custom-light: #d0b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.571,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71218,
    "c": 0.04195,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB989A

secondary

#D2DDDC

accent

#9F9A47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB989A

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

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