#BB9EA3#BB9EA3

#BB9EA3 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.035 H 6.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EA3
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(350, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(350, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 12.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 11.51, 1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 11.59, 6.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0347 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.035 6.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3309, 37.6639, 39.8412)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EA3 #9EBBB6

analogous

#BB9EB2 #BB9EA3 #BBA79E

triadic

#BB9EA3 #A3BB9E #9EA3BB

tetradic

#BB9EA3 #B2BB9E #9EBBB6 #A79EBB

square

#BB9EA3 #B2BB9E #9EBBB6 #A79EBB

split-complementary

#BB9EA3 #9EBBA7 #9EB2BB

monochromatic

#835C62 #A27A81 #BB9EA3 #D4C2C5 #EDE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB9EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BB9EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EA3

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EA3	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)

#A2A2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.035 6.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbabe',
    500: '#bb9ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ea3;
$custom-light: #cfbabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.655,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.03489,
    "h": 6.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EA3

secondary

#D6DFDD

accent

#9C8E4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EA3

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

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