#BDA8A4#BDA8A4

#BDA8A4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.025 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8A4
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(10, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(10, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 6.93, 4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 8.46, 34.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0217 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.025 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6894, 41.5053, 40.9300)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8A4 #A4B9BD

analogous

#BDA4AD #BDA8A4 #BDB5A4

triadic

#BDA8A4 #A4BDA8 #A8A4BD

tetradic

#BDA8A4 #ADBDA4 #A4B9BD #B5A4BD

square

#BDA8A4 #ADBDA4 #A4B9BD #B5A4BD

split-complementary

#BDA8A4 #A4BDB5 #A4ADBD

monochromatic

#866761 #A38681 #BDA8A4 #D7CAC7 #F0ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BDA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8A4

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8A4	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.025 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1bf',
    500: '#bda8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8a4;
$custom-light: #d1c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.6,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.02524,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8A4

secondary

#DBE1E2

accent

#8E9A4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8A4

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

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