#BB9996#BB9996

#BB9996 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.041 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9996
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(5, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(5, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 12.16, 6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 13.71, 27.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0375 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.041 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3899, 35.5506, 33.7407)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9996 #96B8BB

analogous

#BB96A5 #BB9996 #BBAB96

triadic

#BB9996 #96BB99 #9996BB

tetradic

#BB9996 #A5BB96 #96B8BB #AB96BB

square

#BB9996 #A5BB96 #96B8BB #AB96BB

split-complementary

#BB9996 #96BBAB #96A5BB

monochromatic

#825854 #A37571 #BB9996 #D3BDBB #EBE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BB9996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9996

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9996	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.041 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b4',
    500: '#bb9996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9996;
$custom-light: #d0b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71302,
    "c": 0.04103,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9996

secondary

#D0DBDC

accent

#98A046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9996

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

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