#BBABA9#BBABA9

#BBABA9 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.019 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABA9
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(7, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(7, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 9.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 5.41, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 6.24, 29.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% 0.0169 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.019 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2172, 42.5559, 43.5186)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABA9 #A9B9BB

analogous

#BBA9B0 #BBABA9 #BBB4A9

triadic

#BBABA9 #A9BBAB #ABA9BB

tetradic

#BBABA9 #B0BBA9 #A9B9BB #B4A9BB

square

#BBABA9 #B0BBA9 #A9B9BB #B4A9BB

split-complementary

#BBABA9 #A9BBB4 #A9B0BB

monochromatic

#826A67 #A08A87 #BBABA9 #D6CCCB #F1EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BBABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABA9

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABA9	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.019 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4c2',
    500: '#bbaba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaba9;
$custom-light: #cfc4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75423,
    "c": 0.01879,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABA9

secondary

#DDE2E2

accent

#8E9650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABA9

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

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