#BBADAD#BBADAD

#BBADAD is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.016 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADAD
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 173)
HSL	hsl(0, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 5.01, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 5.33, 19.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0154 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.016 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9791, 43.4696, 45.6534)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADAD #ADBBBB

analogous

#BBADB4 #BBADAD #BBB4AD

triadic

#BBADAD #ADBBAD #ADADBB

tetradic

#BBADAD #B4BBAD #ADBBBB #B4ADBB

square

#BBADAD #B4BBAD #ADBBBB #B4ADBB

split-complementary

#BBADAD #ADBBB4 #ADB4BB

monochromatic

#826C6C #9F8C8C #BBADAD #D7CECE #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBADAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BBADAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADAD

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADAD	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.016 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5c5',
    500: '#bbadad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadad;
$custom-light: #cfc5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75942,
    "c": 0.01615,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADAD

secondary

#E0E4E4

accent

#939352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADAD

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

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