#BB9E99#BB9E99

#BB9E99 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.035 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E99
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(9, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(9, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 9.87, 6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 11.87, 33.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0307 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.035 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4701, 37.3196, 35.3077)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E99 #99B6BB

analogous

#BB99A5 #BB9E99 #BBAF99

triadic

#BB9E99 #99BB9E #9E99BB

tetradic

#BB9E99 #A5BB99 #99B6BB #AF99BB

square

#BB9E99 #A5BB99 #99B6BB #AF99BB

split-complementary

#BB9E99 #99BBAF #99A5BB

monochromatic

#835D57 #A37B74 #BB9E99 #D3C1BE #ECE4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB9E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BB9E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E99

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E99	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.035 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbab7',
    500: '#bb9e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e99;
$custom-light: #cfbab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72371,
    "c": 0.03528,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E99

secondary

#D2DCDD

accent

#929E47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E99

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

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