#BDA8A5#BDA8A5

#BDA8A5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.025 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8A5
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(8, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(8, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 7.10, 4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 8.31, 31.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0221 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.025 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7800, 41.5416, 41.4074)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8A5 #A5BABD

analogous

#BDA5AE #BDA8A5 #BDB4A5

triadic

#BDA8A5 #A5BDA8 #A8A5BD

tetradic

#BDA8A5 #AEBDA5 #A5BABD #B4A5BD

square

#BDA8A5 #AEBDA5 #A5BABD #B4A5BD

split-complementary

#BDA8A5 #A5BDB4 #A5AEBD

monochromatic

#866662 #A38682 #BDA8A5 #D7CAC8 #F1ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BDA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8A5

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8A5	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.025 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1bf',
    500: '#bda8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8a5;
$custom-light: #d1c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74885,
    "c": 0.02494,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8A5

secondary

#DBE1E2

accent

#909A4C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8A5

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

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