#BB9BA0#BB9BA0

#BB9BA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.039 H 7.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BA0
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 160)
HSL	hsl(351, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(351, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 14.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 12.66, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 12.80, 8.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0382 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.039 7.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5598, 36.5467, 38.2739)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BA0 #9BBBB6

analogous

#BB9BB0 #BB9BA0 #BBA69B

triadic

#BB9BA0 #A0BB9B #9BA0BB

tetradic

#BB9BA0 #B0BB9B #9BBBB6 #A69BBB

square

#BB9BA0 #B0BB9B #9BBBB6 #A69BBB

split-complementary

#BB9BA0 #9BBBA6 #9BB0BB

monochromatic

#83595F #A2777D #BB9BA0 #D4BFC3 #EDE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BB9BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BB9BA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BA0

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BA0	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.039 7.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8bc',
    500: '#bb9ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ba0;
$custom-light: #cfb8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71978,
    "c": 0.03857,
    "h": 7.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BA0

secondary

#D4DEDC

accent

#9D9048

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BA0

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

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