#BB9EA1#BB9EA1

#BB9EA1 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.035 H 10.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EA1
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(354, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(354, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 13.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 11.17, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 11.43, 12.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0339 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.035 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1532, 37.5928, 38.9050)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EA1 #9EBBB8

analogous

#BB9EAF #BB9EA1 #BBA99E

triadic

#BB9EA1 #A1BB9E #9EA1BB

tetradic

#BB9EA1 #AFBB9E #9EBBB8 #A99EBB

square

#BB9EA1 #AFBB9E #9EBBB8 #A99EBB

split-complementary

#BB9EA1 #9EBBA9 #9EAFBB

monochromatic

#835C60 #A27A7E #BB9EA1 #D4C2C4 #EDE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BB9EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BB9EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EA1

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EA1	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.035 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbabc',
    500: '#bb9ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ea1;
$custom-light: #cfbabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.793,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72597,
    "c": 0.03453,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EA1

secondary

#D6DFDE

accent

#9C934A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EA1

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

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