#BB9CA2#BB9CA2

#BB9CA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.038 H 5.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CA2
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(348, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(348, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 13.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 12.44, 1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 12.50, 5.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0374 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.038 5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9033, 36.9515, 39.2585)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CA2 #9CBBB5

analogous

#BB9CB2 #BB9CA2 #BBA69C

triadic

#BB9CA2 #A2BB9C #9CA2BB

tetradic

#BB9CA2 #B2BB9C #9CBBB5 #A69CBB

square

#BB9CA2 #B2BB9C #9CBBB5 #A69CBB

split-complementary

#BB9CA2 #9CBBA6 #9CB2BB

monochromatic

#835A62 #A27880 #BB9CA2 #D4C0C4 #EDE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BB9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BB9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CA2

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CA2	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.038 5.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9bd',
    500: '#bb9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ca2;
$custom-light: #cfb9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.387,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72233,
    "c": 0.03758,
    "h": 5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CA2

secondary

#D5DEDC

accent

#9D8D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CA2

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

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