#BDA5A2#BDA5A2

#BDA5A2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.029 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA5A2
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 162)
HSL	hsl(7, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(7, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 8.24, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 9.52, 30.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0256 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.029 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9627, 40.3387, 39.8037)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA5A2 #A2BABD

analogous

#BDA2AD #BDA5A2 #BDB3A2

triadic

#BDA5A2 #A2BDA5 #A5A2BD

tetradic

#BDA5A2 #ADBDA2 #A2BABD #B3A2BD

square

#BDA5A2 #ADBDA2 #A2BABD #B3A2BD

split-complementary

#BDA5A2 #A2BDB3 #A2ADBD

monochromatic

#86635F #A4827E #BDA5A2 #D6C8C6 #F0EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDA5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BDA5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA5A2

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA5A2	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.029 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfbd',
    500: '#bda5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda5a2;
$custom-light: #d1bfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74201,
    "c": 0.02855,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA5A2

secondary

#D9E1E1

accent

#929B4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA5A2

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

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