#BB99AD#BB99AD

#BB99AD is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.049 H 342.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99AD
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 173)
HSL	hsl(325, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(325, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 16.01, -5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 16.97, 340.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0463 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.049 342.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4270, 36.3654, 44.4694)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99AD #99BBA7

analogous

#B899BB #BB99AD #BB999C

triadic

#BB99AD #ADBB99 #99ADBB

tetradic

#BB99AD #BBB899 #99BBA7 #999CBB

square

#BB99AD #BBB899 #99BBA7 #999CBB

split-complementary

#BB99AD #9CBB99 #99BBB8

monochromatic

#835771 #A3748F #BB99AD #D3BECB #ECE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB99AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BB99AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99AD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99AD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.049 342.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7c5',
    500: '#bb99ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99ad;
$custom-light: #cfb7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324.706,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.04863,
    "h": 342.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99AD

secondary

#D2DDD7

accent

#9E6B47

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99AD

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

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