#BB9E95#BB9E95

#BB9E95 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.037 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E95
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 149)
HSL	hsl(14, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(14, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 9.25, 8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 12.68, 43.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0291 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.037 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1453, 37.1897, 33.5969)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E95 #95B2BB

analogous

#BB959F #BB9E95 #BBB195

triadic

#BB9E95 #95BB9E #9E95BB

tetradic

#BB9E95 #9FBB95 #95B2BB #B195BB

square

#BB9E95 #9FBB95 #95B2BB #B195BB

split-complementary

#BB9E95 #95BBB1 #959FBB

monochromatic

#825F53 #A37C70 #BB9E95 #D3C0BA #EBE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BB9E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BB9E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E95

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E95	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.037 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bab4',
    500: '#bb9e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e95;
$custom-light: #d0bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.211,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72263,
    "c": 0.0369,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E95

secondary

#D0D9DC

accent

#8BA045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E95

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

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