#BAA8AA#BAA8AA

#BAA8AA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.021 H 9.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA8AA
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(353, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(353, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 8.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 6.85, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 6.98, 11.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0208 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.021 9.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5074, 41.3473, 43.8167)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA8AA #A8BAB8

analogous

#BAA8B3 #BAA8AA #BAAFA8

triadic

#BAA8AA #AABAA8 #A8AABA

tetradic

#BAA8AA #B3BAA8 #A8BAB8 #AFA8BA

square

#BAA8AA #B3BAA8 #A8BAB8 #AFA8BA

split-complementary

#BAA8AA #A8BAAF #A8B3BA

monochromatic

#816669 #9F8689 #BAA8AA #D5CACB #F0ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BAA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA8AA

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA8AA	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.021 9.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1c3',
    500: '#baa8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa8aa;
$custom-light: #cec1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74759,
    "c": 0.02107,
    "h": 9.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA8AA

secondary

#DCE1E1

accent

#968E50

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA8AA

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

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