#BB9FA5#BB9FA5

#BB9FA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.034 H 3.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FA5
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 165)
HSL	hsl(347, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(347, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 11.29, 0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 11.32, 3.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0339 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.034 3.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6828, 38.0787, 40.8495)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FA5 #9FBBB5

analogous

#BB9FB3 #BB9FA5 #BBA79F

triadic

#BB9FA5 #A5BB9F #9FA5BB

tetradic

#BB9FA5 #B3BB9F #9FBBB5 #A79FBB

square

#BB9FA5 #B3BB9F #9FBBB5 #A79FBB

split-complementary

#BB9FA5 #9FBBA7 #9FB3BB

monochromatic

#835D65 #A27B83 #BB9FA5 #D4C3C7 #EEE7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BB9FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FA5

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FA5	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.034 3.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbbf',
    500: '#bb9fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fa5;
$custom-light: #cfbbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72911,
    "c": 0.03395,
    "h": 3.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FA5

secondary

#D7DFDD

accent

#9B8A4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FA5

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

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