#BB9B95#BB9B95

#BB9B95 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.039 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B95
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 149)
HSL	hsl(9, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(9, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 10.90, 7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 13.28, 34.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0339 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.039 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6398, 36.1787, 33.4284)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B95 #95B5BB

analogous

#BB95A2 #BB9B95 #BBAE95

triadic

#BB9B95 #95BB9B #9B95BB

tetradic

#BB9B95 #A2BB95 #95B5BB #AE95BB

square

#BB9B95 #A2BB95 #95B5BB #AE95BB

split-complementary

#BB9B95 #95BBAE #95A2BB

monochromatic

#825B53 #A37870 #BB9B95 #D3BEBA #EBE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB9B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BB9B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B95

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B95	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.039 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8b4',
    500: '#bb9b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b95;
$custom-light: #d0b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71669,
    "c": 0.03929,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B95

secondary

#D0DADC

accent

#92A045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B95

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

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