#BB989D#BB989D

#BB989D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.042 H 8.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB989D
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 157)
HSL	hsl(351, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(351, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 13.83, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 14.02, 9.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0418 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.042 8.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8075, 35.4569, 36.7441)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB989D #98BBB6

analogous

#BB98AF #BB989D #BBA598

triadic

#BB989D #9DBB98 #989DBB

tetradic

#BB989D #AFBB98 #98BBB6 #A598BB

square

#BB989D #AFBB98 #98BBB6 #A598BB

split-complementary

#BB989D #98BBA5 #98AFBB

monochromatic

#82565C #A3737A #BB989D #D3BDC0 #ECE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB989D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BB989D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB989D

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB989D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB989D	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb989d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.042 8.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b9',
    500: '#bb989d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb989d;
$custom-light: #d0b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb989d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71305,
    "c": 0.0423,
    "h": 8.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB989D

secondary

#D2DDDB

accent

#9F9247

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB989D

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

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