#BBAEAA#BBAEAA

#BBAEAA is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.016 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEAA
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(14, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(14, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 3.95, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 5.43, 43.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.0127 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.016 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8845, 43.7398, 44.2059)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEAA #AAB7BB

analogous

#BBAAAE #BBAEAA #BBB7AA

triadic

#BBAEAA #AABBAE #AEAABB

tetradic

#BBAEAA #AEBBAA #AAB7BB #B7AABB

square

#BBAEAA #AEBBAA #AAB7BB #B7AABB

split-complementary

#BBAEAA #AABBB7 #AAAEBB

monochromatic

#826E68 #A08E88 #BBAEAA #D6CECC #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBAEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BBAEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEAA

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEAA	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.016 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6c3',
    500: '#bbaeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaeaa;
$custom-light: #cfc6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76059,
    "c": 0.01607,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEAA

secondary

#DEE2E3

accent

#859550

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEAA

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

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