#BB989C#BB989C

#BB989C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.042 H 10.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB989C
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 156)
HSL	hsl(353, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(353, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 13.67, 2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 13.96, 11.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0414 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.042 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7225, 35.4229, 36.2963)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB989C #98BBB7

analogous

#BB98AE #BB989C #BBA698

triadic

#BB989C #9CBB98 #989CBB

tetradic

#BB989C #AEBB98 #98BBB7 #A698BB

square

#BB989C #AEBB98 #98BBB7 #A698BB

split-complementary

#BB989C #98BBA6 #98AEBB

monochromatic

#82565B #A37379 #BB989C #D3BDBF #ECE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB989C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB989C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB989C

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB989C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB989C	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb989c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.042 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b9',
    500: '#bb989c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb989c;
$custom-light: #d0b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb989c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71276,
    "c": 0.04214,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB989C

secondary

#D2DDDC

accent

#9F9547

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB989C

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

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