#BB9FA3#BB9FA3

#BB9FA3 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.033 H 8.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FA3
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 163)
HSL	hsl(351, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(351, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 12.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 10.96, 1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 11.09, 9.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0331 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.033 8.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5022, 38.0065, 39.8983)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FA3 #9FBBB7

analogous

#BB9FB1 #BB9FA3 #BBA99F

triadic

#BB9FA3 #A3BB9F #9FA3BB

tetradic

#BB9FA3 #B1BB9F #9FBBB7 #A99FBB

square

#BB9FA3 #B1BB9F #9FBBB7 #A99FBB

split-complementary

#BB9FA3 #9FBBA9 #9FB1BB

monochromatic

#835D62 #A27B81 #BB9FA3 #D4C3C5 #EEE7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BB9FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FA3

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FA3	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.033 8.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbbe',
    500: '#bb9fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fa3;
$custom-light: #cfbbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.03345,
    "h": 8.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FA3

secondary

#D7DFDE

accent

#9B904A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FA3

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

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