#BB998F#BB998F

#BB998F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.043 H 37.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB998F
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(14, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(14, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 23.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 11.09, 10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 14.94, 42.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0346 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.043 37)
XYZ	xyz(36.8430, 35.3318, 30.8603)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB998F #8FB1BB

analogous

#BB8F9B #BB998F #BBAF8F

triadic

#BB998F #8FBB99 #998FBB

tetradic

#BB998F #9BBB8F #8FB1BB #AF8FBB

square

#BB998F #9BBB8F #8FB1BB #AF8FBB

split-complementary

#BB998F #8FBBAF #8F9BBB

monochromatic

#815A4E #A47669 #BB998F #D2BCB5 #E9DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BB998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB998F

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB998F	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)

#A19C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.043 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7af',
    500: '#bb998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb998f;
$custom-light: #d0b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71115,
    "c": 0.04336,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.3533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB998F

secondary

#CBD7DA

accent

#8DA343

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB998F

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

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