#BB9989#BB9989

#BB9989 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.047 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9989
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(19, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(19, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 10.22, 13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 16.67, 52.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0322 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.047 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4006, 35.1549, 28.5302)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9989 #89ABBB

analogous

#BB8992 #BB9989 #BBB289

triadic

#BB9989 #89BB99 #9989BB

tetradic

#BB9989 #92BB89 #89ABBB #B289BB

square

#BB9989 #92BB89 #89ABBB #B289BB

split-complementary

#BB9989 #89BBB2 #8992BB

monochromatic

#805B4A #A57762 #BB9989 #D1BBB0 #E8DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BB9989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9989

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9989	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.047 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7ab',
    500: '#bb9989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9989;
$custom-light: #d0b7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.2,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70963,
    "c": 0.04681,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9989

secondary

#C7D3D9

accent

#85A540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9989

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

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