#BB99AB#BB99AB

#BB99AB is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.047 H 345.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99AB
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 171)
HSL	hsl(328, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(328, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 15.65, -4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 16.31, 343.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0456 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.047 345.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2349, 36.2886, 43.4578)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99AB #99BBA9

analogous

#BA99BB #BB99AB #BB999A

triadic

#BB99AB #ABBB99 #99ABBB

tetradic

#BB99AB #BBBA99 #99BBA9 #999ABB

square

#BB99AB #BBBA99 #99BBA9 #999ABB

split-complementary

#BB99AB #9ABB99 #99BBBA

monochromatic

#83576E #A3748D #BB99AB #D3BEC9 #ECE2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB99AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BB99AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99AB

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99AB	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.047 345.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7c4',
    500: '#bb99ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99ab;
$custom-light: #cfb7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.235,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71927,
    "c": 0.04714,
    "h": 345.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99AB

secondary

#D2DDD8

accent

#9E7047

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99AB

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

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