#BAABAB#BAABAB

#BAABAB is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.017 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABAB
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 171)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 8.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 5.39, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 5.73, 19.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0166 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.017 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1625, 42.5058, 44.5035)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABAB #ABBABA

analogous

#BAABB3 #BAABAB #BAB3AB

triadic

#BAABAB #ABBAAB #ABABBA

tetradic

#BAABAB #B3BAAB #ABBABA #B3ABBA

square

#BAABAB #B3BAAB #ABBABA #B3ABBA

split-complementary

#BAABAB #ABBAB3 #ABB3BA

monochromatic

#816A6A #9E8989 #BAABAB #D6CDCD #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAABAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BAABAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABAB

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABAB	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.017 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4c4',
    500: '#baabab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabab;
$custom-light: #cec4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75392,
    "c": 0.01736,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABAB

secondary

#DEE3E3

accent

#949452

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABAB

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

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