#BBA8A2#BBA8A2

#BBA8A2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.024 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA8A2
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(14, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(14, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 13.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 5.86, 5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 8.10, 43.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0187 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.024 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0173, 41.1795, 39.9631)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA8A2 #A2B5BB

analogous

#BBA2A8 #BBA8A2 #BBB4A2

triadic

#BBA8A2 #A2BBA8 #A8A2BB

tetradic

#BBA8A2 #A8BBA2 #A2B5BB #B4A2BB

square

#BBA8A2 #A8BBA2 #A2B5BB #B4A2BB

split-complementary

#BBA8A2 #A2BBB4 #A2A8BB

monochromatic

#836860 #A1877F #BBA8A2 #D5C9C5 #EFEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BBA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA8A2

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA8A2	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1ADA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.024 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc1bd',
    500: '#bba8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba8a2;
$custom-light: #cfc1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.4,
    "s": 15.528,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.02382,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA8A2

secondary

#D9DEE0

accent

#879A4C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA8A2

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

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