#BBAEAB#BBAEAB

#BBAEAB is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.016 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEAB
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 171)
HSL	hsl(11, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(11, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 4.12, 3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 5.23, 37.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0131 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.016 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9795, 43.7778, 44.7060)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEAB #ABB8BB

analogous

#BBABB0 #BBAEAB #BBB6AB

triadic

#BBAEAB #ABBBAE #AEABBB

tetradic

#BBAEAB #B0BBAB #ABB8BB #B6ABBB

square

#BBAEAB #B0BBAB #ABB8BB #B6ABBB

split-complementary

#BBAEAB #ABBBB6 #ABB0BB

monochromatic

#826E69 #A08D89 #BBAEAB #D6CFCD #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBAEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BBAEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEAB

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEAB	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.016 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6c4',
    500: '#bbaeab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaeab;
$custom-light: #cfc6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76087,
    "c": 0.01562,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEAB

secondary

#DFE2E3

accent

#889551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEAB

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

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