#BB9993#BB9993

#BB9993 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.042 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9993
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 147)
HSL	hsl(9, 23%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(9, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 21.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 11.69, 7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 14.12, 34.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0363 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.042 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1514, 35.4552, 32.4847)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9993 #93B5BB

analogous

#BB93A1 #BB9993 #BBAD93

triadic

#BB9993 #93BB99 #9993BB

tetradic

#BB9993 #A1BB93 #93B5BB #AD93BB

square

#BB9993 #A1BB93 #93B5BB #AD93BB

split-complementary

#BB9993 #93BBAD #93A1BB

monochromatic

#825952 #A3766D #BB9993 #D3BCB9 #EAE0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BB9993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9993

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9993	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.042 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b2',
    500: '#bb9993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9993;
$custom-light: #d0b7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7122,
    "c": 0.04178,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9993

secondary

#CEDADC

accent

#93A144

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9993

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

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