#BAABAE#BAABAE

#BAABAE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.018 H 3.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABAE
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(348, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(348, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 5.92, 0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 5.93, 3.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0177 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.018 3.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4517, 42.6215, 46.0266)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABAE #ABBAB7

analogous

#BAABB6 #BAABAE #BAAFAB

triadic

#BAABAE #AEBAAB #ABAEBA

tetradic

#BAABAE #B6BAAB #ABBAB7 #AFABBA

square

#BAABAE #B6BAAB #ABBAB7 #AFABBA

split-complementary

#BAABAE #ABBAAF #ABB6BA

monochromatic

#816A6E #9E898E #BAABAE #D6CDCE #F1EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BAABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABAE

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABAE	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.018 3.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4c6',
    500: '#baabae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabae;
$custom-light: #cec4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7548,
    "c": 0.01777,
    "h": 3.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABAE

secondary

#DEE3E2

accent

#948752

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABAE

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

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