#BBAEB0#BBAEB0

#BBAEB0 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.015 H 6.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEB0
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 176)
HSL	hsl(351, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(351, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 5.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 5.00, 0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 5.04, 7.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0151 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.015 6.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4651, 43.9720, 47.2636)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEB0 #AEBBB9

analogous

#BBAEB6 #BBAEB0 #BBB2AE

triadic

#BBAEB0 #B0BBAE #AEB0BB

tetradic

#BBAEB0 #B6BBAE #AEBBB9 #B2AEBB

square

#BBAEB0 #B6BBAE #AEBBB9 #B2AEBB

split-complementary

#BBAEB0 #AEBBB2 #AEB6BB

monochromatic

#826D70 #9F8D90 #BBAEB0 #D7CFD0 #F1EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBAEB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBAEB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEB0

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEB0	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.015 6.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6c7',
    500: '#bbaeb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaeb0;
$custom-light: #cfc6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76232,
    "c": 0.01517,
    "h": 6.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEB0

secondary

#E1E4E4

accent

#938953

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEB0

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

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