#BBAFAF#BBAFAF

#BBAFAF is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.014 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFAF
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 175)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, 4.28, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 4.55, 19.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0132 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.014 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5605, 44.3204, 46.8090)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFAF #AFBBBB

analogous

#BBAFB5 #BBAFAF #BBB5AF

triadic

#BBAFAF #AFBBAF #AFAFBB

tetradic

#BBAFAF #B5BBAF #AFBBBB #B5AFBB

square

#BBAFAF #B5BBAF #AFBBBB #B5AFBB

split-complementary

#BBAFAF #AFBBB5 #AFB5BB

monochromatic

#826E6E #9F8E8E #BBAFAF #D7D0D0 #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBAFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BBAFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFAF

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFAF	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.014 17.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76405,
    "c": 0.0138,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFAF

secondary

#E1E4E4

accent

#929253

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFAF

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

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