#BB9990#BB9990

#BB9990 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.043 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9990
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(13, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 23%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 11.24, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 14.71, 40.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.035 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.043 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9191, 35.3623, 31.2610)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9990 #90B2BB

analogous

#BB909D #BB9990 #BBAE90

triadic

#BB9990 #90BB99 #9990BB

tetradic

#BB9990 #9DBB90 #90B2BB #AE90BB

square

#BB9990 #9DBB90 #90B2BB #AE90BB

split-complementary

#BB9990 #90BBAE #909DBB

monochromatic

#815A4F #A4766A #BB9990 #D2BCB6 #E9DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BB9990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9990

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9990	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)

#A09D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.043 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b0',
    500: '#bb9990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9990;
$custom-light: #d0b7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.558,
    "s": 24.022,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71141,
    "c": 0.04291,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9990

secondary

#CCD8DB

accent

#8FA343

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9990

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

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