#BB9992#BB9992

#BB9992 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.042 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9992
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 146)
HSL	hsl(10, 23%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(10, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 21.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 11.54, 8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 14.30, 36.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0359 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.042 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0733, 35.4240, 32.0732)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9992 #92B4BB

analogous

#BB929F #BB9992 #BBAD92

triadic

#BB9992 #92BB99 #9992BB

tetradic

#BB9992 #9FBB92 #92B4BB #AD92BB

square

#BB9992 #9FBB92 #92B4BB #AD92BB

split-complementary

#BB9992 #92BBAD #929FBB

monochromatic

#825951 #A3766C #BB9992 #D3BCB8 #EAE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB9992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9992

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9992	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.042 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b2',
    500: '#bb9992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9992;
$custom-light: #d0b7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.244,
    "s": 23.164,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71194,
    "c": 0.04211,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9992

secondary

#CDD9DB

accent

#92A244

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9992

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

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