#BB99AE#BB99AE

#BB99AE is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.049 H 340.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99AE
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 174)
HSL	hsl(323, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(323, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 16.19, -6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 17.31, 339.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0467 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.049 340.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5241, 36.4043, 44.9809)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99AE #99BBA6

analogous

#B799BB #BB99AE #BB999D

triadic

#BB99AE #AEBB99 #99AEBB

tetradic

#BB99AE #BBB799 #99BBA6 #999DBB

square

#BB99AE #BBB799 #99BBA6 #999DBB

split-complementary

#BB99AE #9DBB99 #99BBB7

monochromatic

#835772 #A37491 #BB99AE #D3BECB #ECE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB99AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BB99AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99AE

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99AE	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF99A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.049 340.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7c6',
    500: '#bb99ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99ae;
$custom-light: #cfb7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.941,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72024,
    "c": 0.04941,
    "h": 340.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99AE

secondary

#D2DDD7

accent

#9E6847

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99AE

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

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