#BB9EA5#BB9EA5

#BB9EA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.035 H 1.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EA5
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(346, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(346, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 11.85, 0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 11.85, 1.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0355 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.035 1.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5115, 37.7362, 40.7925)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EA5 #9EBBB4

analogous

#BB9EB4 #BB9EA5 #BBA59E

triadic

#BB9EA5 #A5BB9E #9EA5BB

tetradic

#BB9EA5 #B4BB9E #9EBBB4 #A59EBB

square

#BB9EA5 #B4BB9E #9EBBB4 #A59EBB

split-complementary

#BB9EA5 #9EBBA5 #9EB4BB

monochromatic

#835C65 #A27A84 #BB9EA5 #D4C2C6 #EDE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB9EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BB9EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EA5

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EA5	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.035 1.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbabf',
    500: '#bb9ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ea5;
$custom-light: #cfbabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.517,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72714,
    "c": 0.03548,
    "h": 1.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EA5

secondary

#D6DFDD

accent

#9C884A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EA5

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

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