#BA8C8B#BA8C8B

#BA8C8B is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.056 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8C8B
RGB	rgb(186, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(1, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 25.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, 17.32, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 18.81, 22.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0529 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.056 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2885, 31.0610, 28.6104)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8C8B #8BB9BA

analogous

#BA8BA1 #BA8C8B #BAA38B

triadic

#BA8C8B #8BBA8C #8C8BBA

tetradic

#BA8C8B #A1BA8B #8BB9BA #A38BBA

square

#BA8C8B #A1BA8B #8BB9BA #A38BBA

split-complementary

#BA8C8B #8BBAA3 #8BA1BA

monochromatic

#7F4D4C #A36665 #BA8C8B #D1B2B1 #E8D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BA8C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BA8C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8C8B

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8C8B	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.056 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfadac',
    500: '#ba8c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8c8b;
$custom-light: #cfadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.277,
    "s": 25.405,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68382,
    "c": 0.05633,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8C8B

secondary

#C8D8D9

accent

#A2A442

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8C8B

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

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