#BD9CA2#BD9CA2

#BD9CA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.040 H 5.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9CA2
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(349, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(349, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 13.18, 1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 13.26, 6.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0397 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.04 5.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3961, 37.2056, 39.2816)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9CA2 #9CBDB7

analogous

#BD9CB2 #BD9CA2 #BDA69C

triadic

#BD9CA2 #A2BD9C #9CA2BD

tetradic

#BD9CA2 #B2BD9C #9CBDB7 #A69CBD

square

#BD9CA2 #B2BD9C #9CBDB7 #A69CBD

split-complementary

#BD9CA2 #9CBDA6 #9CB2BD

monochromatic

#865961 #A57780 #BD9CA2 #D5C1C4 #EEE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BD9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BD9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9CA2

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9CA2	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.040 5.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9bd',
    500: '#bd9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ca2;
$custom-light: #d1b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72425,
    "c": 0.03994,
    "h": 5.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9CA2

secondary

#D5E0DE

accent

#9E8E47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9CA2

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

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