#BB9FA0#BB9FA0

#BB9FA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.033 H 15.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FA0
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(358, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(358, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 14.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 10.45, 3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 10.97, 17.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0319 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.033 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2366, 37.9002, 38.4995)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FA0 #9FBBBA

analogous

#BB9FAE #BB9FA0 #BBAC9F

triadic

#BB9FA0 #A0BB9F #9FA0BB

tetradic

#BB9FA0 #AEBB9F #9FBBBA #AC9FBB

square

#BB9FA0 #AEBB9F #9FBBBA #AC9FBB

split-complementary

#BB9FA0 #9FBBAC #9FAEBB

monochromatic

#835D5E #A27B7D #BB9FA0 #D4C3C3 #EEE7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BB9FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BB9FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FA0

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FA0	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.033 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbbc',
    500: '#bb9fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fa0;
$custom-light: #cfbbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72765,
    "c": 0.03314,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FA0

secondary

#D7DFDF

accent

#9B984A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FA0

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

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