#BB9EA2#BB9EA2

#BB9EA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.035 H 8.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EA2
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(352, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(352, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 13.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 11.34, 1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 11.50, 9.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0343 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.035 8.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2417, 37.6282, 39.3712)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EA2 #9EBBB7

analogous

#BB9EB0 #BB9EA2 #BBA89E

triadic

#BB9EA2 #A2BB9E #9EA2BB

tetradic

#BB9EA2 #B0BB9E #9EBBB7 #A89EBB

square

#BB9EA2 #B0BB9E #9EBBB7 #A89EBB

split-complementary

#BB9EA2 #9EBBA8 #9EB0BB

monochromatic

#835C61 #A27A80 #BB9EA2 #D4C2C4 #EDE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB9EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BB9EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EA2

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EA2	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.035 8.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbabd',
    500: '#bb9ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ea2;
$custom-light: #cfbabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.724,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72626,
    "c": 0.03468,
    "h": 8.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EA2

secondary

#D6DFDE

accent

#9C914A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EA2

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

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