#BB9CA0#BB9CA0

#BB9CA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.037 H 9.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CA0
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(352, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(352, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 14.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 12.11, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 12.31, 10.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0367 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.037 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7270, 36.8809, 38.3296)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CA0 #9CBBB7

analogous

#BB9CB0 #BB9CA0 #BBA89C

triadic

#BB9CA0 #A0BB9C #9CA0BB

tetradic

#BB9CA0 #B0BB9C #9CBBB7 #A89CBB

square

#BB9CA0 #B0BB9C #9CBBB7 #A89CBB

split-complementary

#BB9CA0 #9CBBA8 #9CB0BB

monochromatic

#835A5F #A2787D #BB9CA0 #D4C0C3 #EDE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BB9CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BB9CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CA0

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CA0	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.037 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9bc',
    500: '#bb9ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ca0;
$custom-light: #cfb9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.258,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72174,
    "c": 0.03715,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CA0

secondary

#D5DEDD

accent

#9D9249

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CA0

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

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