#BBABA8#BBABA8

#BBABA8 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.019 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABA8
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(9, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 10.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 5.23, 3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 6.37, 34.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0165 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.019 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1237, 42.5185, 43.0260)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABA8 #A8B8BB

analogous

#BBA8AF #BBABA8 #BBB5A8

triadic

#BBABA8 #A8BBAB #ABA8BB

tetradic

#BBABA8 #AFBBA8 #A8B8BB #B5A8BB

square

#BBABA8 #AFBBA8 #A8B8BB #B5A8BB

split-complementary

#BBABA8 #A8BBB5 #A8AFBB

monochromatic

#836B66 #A08A86 #BBABA8 #D6CCCA #F1EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BBABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABA8

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABA8	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.019 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4c1',
    500: '#bbaba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaba8;
$custom-light: #cfc4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75394,
    "c": 0.01907,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABA8

secondary

#DDE1E2

accent

#8B964F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABA8

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

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