#BB9B91#BB9B91

#BB9B91 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.041 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B91
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 145)
HSL	hsl(14, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(14, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 22.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 10.29, 9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 14.13, 43.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0323 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.041 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3259, 36.0532, 31.7754)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B91 #91B1BB

analogous

#BB919C #BB9B91 #BBB091

triadic

#BB9B91 #91BB9B #9B91BB

tetradic

#BB9B91 #9CBB91 #91B1BB #B091BB

square

#BB9B91 #9CBB91 #91B1BB #B091BB

split-complementary

#BB9B91 #91BBB0 #919CBB

monochromatic

#825C50 #A4796B #BB9B91 #D2BDB7 #EAE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB9B91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BB9B91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B91

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B91	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.041 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8b1',
    500: '#bb9b91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b91;
$custom-light: #d0b8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71562,
    "c": 0.04096,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B91

secondary

#CDD8DB

accent

#8CA243

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B91

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

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