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#BEAAAE — Light Dusty Red

#BEAAAE is a red color we call Light Dusty Red, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #BEAAAE when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BEAAAE is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ABBFBB; it also sits naturally between #BFABB9 and #BFB1AB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEAAAE · RGB 190, 170, 174

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Color values

HEX#BEAAAE
RGB190, 170, 174
HSL348°, 13%, 71%
HSV348°, 11%, 75%
CMYK0%, 11%, 8%, 25%
XYZ43.25, 42.75, 46.02
Yxy42.75, 0.3276, 0.3238
CIE-Lab71.39, 7.91, 0.58
Hunter Lab65.39, 7.25, 0.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 67% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 8% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BEAAAE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEAAAE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEAAAE

.text { color: #BEAAAE; }
.background { background-color: #BEAAAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEAAAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 170, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(348, 13%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEAAAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 170, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEAAAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 170, 174, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEAAAE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEAAAE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEAAAE

#AF979C#A2868C#927278#7F6267#6D5459#594549#453538#312628#20181A#0C0909

Tints of #BEAAAE

#C5B4B8#CABABD#D0C2C5#D5C8CB#DCD1D3#E0D7D9#E7DFE1#EBE5E6#F2EEEF#F6F3F4

Tones of #BEAAAE

#BDADB0#BCAEB1#BAB0B2#B9B1B2#B8B2B3#B7B4B4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABBFBB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.20:1 Fails
Against black text9.55:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEAAAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEAAAE

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BEAAAE: ·

How #BEAAAE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B5B5ADDeuteranopia · #B7B8ADTritanopia · #BDACAC

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind zinc 500 · #71717ABootstrap secondary · #6C757D

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEAAAE rather than the exact color:

Palette Fbf0f0
#FBF0F0 · #DFD3D3 · #B8B0B0 · #7C7575
Palette 574964
#574964 · #9F8383 · #C8AAAA · #FFDAB3
Palette Ffdab3
#FFDAB3 · #C8AAAA · #9F8383 · #574964
Golden Ruby Bloom
#755A9D · #C09FB3 · #C8A087 · #ABBC91
Royal Cinder
#7280BB · #624A71 · #C5AAB9 · #876358
Palette F3c5c5
#F3C5C5 · #C1A3A3 · #886F6F · #694E4E

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#B8B0B0#C8AAAA#C09FB3#C5AAB9#C1A3A3#C6A9A3#B4A5A5#C6A6BA#CAA6A6#B4B4B3#BDAC9F#C8A8A2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEAAAD  ·  #BEAAAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEAAAE?

#BEAAAE is Light Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 190, 170, 174). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEAAAE?

#BEAAAE is RGB 190, 170, 174 — HSL 348°, 13%, 71% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 8%, 25%.

What colors go with #BEAAAE?

Its complement is #ABBFBB; analogous partners are #BFABB9 and #BFB1AB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEAAAE for text?

Black text on #BEAAAE has a contrast ratio of 9.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.20:1.