#BAB0AE#BAB0AE

#BAB0AE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.012 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB0AE
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 174)
HSL	hsl(10, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(10, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, 3.20, 2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 3.94, 35.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0102 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.012 31)
XYZ	xyz(43.4141, 44.5462, 46.3474)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB0AE #AEB8BA

analogous

#BAAEB2 #BAB0AE #BAB6AE

triadic

#BAB0AE #AEBAB0 #B0AEBA

tetradic

#BAB0AE #B2BAAE #AEB8BA #B6AEBA

square

#BAB0AE #B2BAAE #AEB8BA #B6AEBA

split-complementary

#BAB0AE #AEBAB6 #AEB2BA

monochromatic

#80706D #9E908D #BAB0AE #D6D0CF #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BAB0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB0AE

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB0AE	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.012 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec7c6',
    500: '#bab0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab0ae;
$custom-light: #cec7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76494,
    "c": 0.01185,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.44546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB0AE

secondary

#E0E3E4

accent

#889254

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB0AE

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

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