#BFAEAE#BFAEAE

#BFAEAE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.020 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAEAE
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, 6.09, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 6.48, 19.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0187 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.02 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2612, 44.4052, 46.2756)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAEAE #AEBFBF

analogous

#BFAEB7 #BFAEAE #BFB7AE

triadic

#BFAEAE #AEBFAE #AEAEBF

tetradic

#BFAEAE #B7BFAE #AEBFBF #B7AEBF

square

#BFAEAE #B7BFAE #AEBFBF #B7AEBF

split-complementary

#BFAEAE #AEBFB7 #AEB7BF

monochromatic

#886B6B #A48C8C #BFAEAE #DAD0D0 #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BFAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAEAE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAEAE	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.020 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6c6',
    500: '#bfaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaeae;
$custom-light: #d2c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76523,
    "c": 0.01963,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAEAE

secondary

#E2E7E7

accent

#969650

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAEAE

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

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