#BB9D96#BB9D96

#BB9D96 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.037 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D96
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 150)
HSL	hsl(11, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(11, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 9.95, 7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 12.64, 38.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0311 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.037 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0556, 36.8820, 33.9626)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D96 #96B4BB

analogous

#BB96A1 #BB9D96 #BBAF96

triadic

#BB9D96 #96BB9D #9D96BB

tetradic

#BB9D96 #A1BB96 #96B4BB #AF96BB

square

#BB9D96 #A1BB96 #96B4BB #AF96BB

split-complementary

#BB9D96 #96BBAF #96A1BB

monochromatic

#825D54 #A37A71 #BB9D96 #D3C0BB #EBE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BB9D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BB9D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D96

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D96	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)

#A3A095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.037 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bab4',
    500: '#bb9d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d96;
$custom-light: #d0bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.351,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72091,
    "c": 0.0372,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D96

secondary

#D0DADC

accent

#8FA046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D96

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

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