#BB9D95#BB9D95

#BB9D95 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.038 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D95
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 149)
HSL	hsl(13, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(13, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 9.80, 8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 12.85, 40.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0307 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.038 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9754, 36.8499, 33.5403)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D95 #95B3BB

analogous

#BB95A0 #BB9D95 #BBB095

triadic

#BB9D95 #95BB9D #9D95BB

tetradic

#BB9D95 #A0BB95 #95B3BB #B095BB

square

#BB9D95 #A0BB95 #95B3BB #B095BB

split-complementary

#BB9D95 #95BBB0 #95A0BB

monochromatic

#825D53 #A37B70 #BB9D95 #D3BFBA #EBE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BB9D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BB9D95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D95

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D95	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.038 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bab4',
    500: '#bb9d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d95;
$custom-light: #d0bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.632,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72065,
    "c": 0.03763,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D95

secondary

#D0DADC

accent

#8DA045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D95

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

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