#BBAEAE#BBAEAE

#BBAEAE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.015 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEAE
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, 4.65, 1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 4.94, 19.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0143 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.015 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2687, 43.8934, 46.2291)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEAE #AEBBBB

analogous

#BBAEB4 #BBAEAE #BBB4AE

triadic

#BBAEAE #AEBBAE #AEAEBB

tetradic

#BBAEAE #B4BBAE #AEBBBB #B4AEBB

square

#BBAEAE #B4BBAE #AEBBBB #B4AEBB

split-complementary

#BBAEAE #AEBBB4 #AEB4BB

monochromatic

#826D6D #9F8D8D #BBAEAE #D7CFCF #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BBAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEAE

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEAE	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.015 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6c6',
    500: '#bbaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaeae;
$custom-light: #cfc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76174,
    "c": 0.01497,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEAE

secondary

#E1E4E4

accent

#939353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEAE

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

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