#BBABA6#BBABA6

#BBABA6 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.020 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABA6
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 166)
HSL	hsl(14, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 11.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 4.89, 4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 6.75, 43.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0157 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.02 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9388, 42.4445, 42.0523)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABA6 #A6B6BB

analogous

#BBA6AC #BBABA6 #BBB6A6

triadic

#BBABA6 #A6BBAB #ABA6BB

tetradic

#BBABA6 #ACBBA6 #A6B6BB #B6A6BB

square

#BBABA6 #ACBBA6 #A6B6BB #B6A6BB

split-complementary

#BBABA6 #A6BBB6 #A6ACBB

monochromatic

#836B64 #A08A83 #BBABA6 #D6CCC9 #F0ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBABA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BBABA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABA6

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABA6	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFACA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.020 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4c0',
    500: '#bbaba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaba6;
$custom-light: #cfc4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 13.376,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75338,
    "c": 0.01992,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABA6

secondary

#DBE0E1

accent

#86984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABA6

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

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