#BAAEAE#BAAEAE

#BAAEAE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.014 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAEAE
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 4.29, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 4.56, 19.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0132 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.014 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0248, 43.7677, 46.2176)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAEAE #AEBABA

analogous

#BAAEB4 #BAAEAE #BAB4AE

triadic

#BAAEAE #AEBAAE #AEAEBA

tetradic

#BAAEAE #B4BAAE #AEBABA #B4AEBA

square

#BAAEAE #B4BAAE #AEBABA #B4AEBA

split-complementary

#BAAEAE #AEBAB4 #AEB4BA

monochromatic

#806D6D #9E8D8D #BAAEAE #D6CFCF #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BAAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAEAE

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAEAE	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.014 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6c6',
    500: '#baaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaeae;
$custom-light: #cec6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76087,
    "c": 0.01381,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAEAE

secondary

#E0E4E4

accent

#929254

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAEAE

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

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