#BB9EA0#BB9EA0

#BB9EA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.034 H 13.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB9EA0
RGBrgb(187, 158, 160)
HSLhsl(356, 18%, 68%)
HSVhsv(356, 16%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 15.5%, 14.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.69, 11.01, 2.94)
CIE-LCHlch(67.69, 11.39, 14.97°)
OKLaboklab(72.57% 0.0335 0.0079)
OKLCHoklch(72.57% 0.034 13.3)
XYZxyz(39.0653, 37.5577, 38.4424)
Luminance0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB9EA0 #9EBBB9
analogous
#BB9EAE #BB9EA0 #BBAA9E
triadic
#BB9EA0 #A0BB9E #9EA0BB
tetradic
#BB9EA0 #AEBB9E #9EBBB9 #AA9EBB
square
#BB9EA0 #AEBB9E #9EBBB9 #AA9EBB
split-complementary
#BB9EA0 #9EBBAA #9EAEBB
monochromatic
#835C5E #A27A7D #BB9EA0 #D4C2C3 #EDE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#BB9EA0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51
#BB9EA0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EA0
8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB9EA0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB9EA01.002.478.518.51
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5121.001.001.00
##0000008.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2A2A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9A7A0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C19C9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb9ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.034 13.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbabc',
    500: '#bb9ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb9ea0;
$custom-light: #cfbabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb9ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72568,
    "c": 0.03443,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB9EA0
secondary
#D6DFDE
accent
#9C964A
background
#FCFBFB
surface
#F9F6F6
border
#D2D0D0
text
#141112
muted
#828081

Preview Lab

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#BB9EA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva