#BBABAB#BBABAB

#BBABAB is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.019 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABAB
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 171)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 5.75, 2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 6.12, 19.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0177 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.019 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4064, 42.6315, 44.5149)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABAB #ABBBBB

analogous

#BBABB3 #BBABAB #BBB3AB

triadic

#BBABAB #ABBBAB #ABABBB

tetradic

#BBABAB #B3BBAB #ABBBBB #B3ABBB

square

#BBABAB #B3BBAB #ABBBBB #B3ABBB

split-complementary

#BBABAB #ABBBB3 #ABB3BB

monochromatic

#826969 #A08989 #BBABAB #D6CDCD #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBABAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BBABAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABAB

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABAB	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.019 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4c4',
    500: '#bbabab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabab;
$custom-light: #cfc4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7548,
    "c": 0.01852,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABAB

secondary

#DFE3E3

accent

#959551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABAB

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

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