#BB9995#BB9995

#BB9995 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.041 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9995
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 149)
HSL	hsl(6, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(6, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 12.00, 6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 13.83, 29.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0371 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.041 26)
XYZ	xyz(37.3097, 35.5185, 33.3184)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9995 #95B7BB

analogous

#BB95A4 #BB9995 #BBAC95

triadic

#BB9995 #95BB99 #9995BB

tetradic

#BB9995 #A4BB95 #95B7BB #AC95BB

square

#BB9995 #A4BB95 #95B7BB #AC95BB

split-complementary

#BB9995 #95BBAC #95A4BB

monochromatic

#825853 #A37570 #BB9995 #D3BDBA #EBE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BB9995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9995

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9995	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.041 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b4',
    500: '#bb9995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9995;
$custom-light: #d0b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71275,
    "c": 0.04123,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.35517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9995

secondary

#D0DBDC

accent

#97A045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9995

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

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