#BB998E#BB998E

#BB998E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.044 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB998E
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(15, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(15, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 10.94, 10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 15.19, 43.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0342 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.044 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7676, 35.3017, 30.4631)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB998E #8EB0BB

analogous

#BB8E9A #BB998E #BBB08E

triadic

#BB998E #8EBB99 #998EBB

tetradic

#BB998E #9ABB8E #8EB0BB #B08EBB

square

#BB998E #9ABB8E #8EB0BB #B08EBB

split-complementary

#BB998E #8EBBB0 #8E9ABB

monochromatic

#815A4E #A47768 #BB998E #D2BBB4 #E9DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB998E

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB998E	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#A19C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.044 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7af',
    500: '#bb998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb998e;
$custom-light: #d0b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.667,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71089,
    "c": 0.04385,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB998E

secondary

#CBD6DA

accent

#8CA342

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB998E

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

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