#BBAAAA#BBAAAA

#BBAAAA is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.020 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAAAA
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 6.12, 2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 6.51, 19.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.0188 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.02 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1233, 42.2172, 43.9521)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAAAA #AABBBB

analogous

#BBAAB3 #BBAAAA #BBB3AA

triadic

#BBAAAA #AABBAA #AAAABB

tetradic

#BBAAAA #B3BBAA #AABBBB #B3AABB

square

#BBAAAA #B3BBAA #AABBBB #B3AABB

split-complementary

#BBAAAA #AABBB3 #AAB3BB

monochromatic

#826868 #A08888 #BBAAAA #D6CCCC #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BBAAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAAAA

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAAAA	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.020 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc3c3',
    500: '#bbaaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaaaa;
$custom-light: #cfc3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7525,
    "c": 0.01972,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAAAA

secondary

#DEE3E3

accent

#959550

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAAAA

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

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