#BB9999#BB9999

#BB9999 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.041 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9999
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 12.63, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 13.50, 20.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0387 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.041 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6346, 35.6485, 35.0292)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9999 #99BBBB

analogous

#BB99AA #BB9999 #BBAA99

triadic

#BB9999 #99BB99 #9999BB

tetradic

#BB9999 #AABB99 #99BBBB #AA99BB

square

#BB9999 #AABB99 #99BBBB #AA99BB

split-complementary

#BB9999 #99BBAA #99AABB

monochromatic

#835757 #A37474 #BB9999 #D3BEBE #ECE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BB9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9999

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9999	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.041 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b7',
    500: '#bb9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9999;
$custom-light: #d0b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.04068,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9999

secondary

#D2DDDD

accent

#9E9E47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9999

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

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