#BB9998#BB9998

#BB9998 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.041 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9998
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 152)
HSL	hsl(2, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(2, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 12.47, 5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 13.55, 23.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0383 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.041 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5523, 35.6156, 34.5961)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9998 #98BABB

analogous

#BB98A9 #BB9998 #BBAB98

triadic

#BB9998 #98BB99 #9998BB

tetradic

#BB9998 #A9BB98 #98BABB #AB98BB

square

#BB9998 #A9BB98 #98BABB #AB98BB

split-complementary

#BB9998 #98BBAB #98A9BB

monochromatic

#825756 #A37473 #BB9998 #D3BEBD #ECE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BB9998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9998

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9998	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.041 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b6',
    500: '#bb9998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9998;
$custom-light: #d0b7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71357,
    "c": 0.04075,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9998

secondary

#D2DDDD

accent

#9C9F47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9998

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

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