#BAA8A8#BAA8A8

#BAA8A8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.021 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA8A8
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 9.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, 6.50, 2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 6.92, 20.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.02 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.021 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3196, 41.2722, 42.8279)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA8A8 #A8BABA

analogous

#BAA8B1 #BAA8A8 #BAB1A8

triadic

#BAA8A8 #A8BAA8 #A8A8BA

tetradic

#BAA8A8 #B1BAA8 #A8BABA #B1A8BA

square

#BAA8A8 #B1BAA8 #A8BABA #B1A8BA

split-complementary

#BAA8A8 #A8BAB1 #A8B1BA

monochromatic

#816666 #9F8686 #BAA8A8 #D5CACA #F0ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BAA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA8A8

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA8A8	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.021 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1c1',
    500: '#baa8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa8a8;
$custom-light: #cec1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.747,
    "c": 0.02094,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA8A8

secondary

#DCE1E1

accent

#969650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA8A8

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

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