#BDA8A8#BDA8A8

#BDA8A8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.024 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8A8
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 7.60, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 8.10, 20.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0233 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.024 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0563, 41.6521, 42.8624)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8A8 #A8BDBD

analogous

#BDA8B3 #BDA8A8 #BDB3A8

triadic

#BDA8A8 #A8BDA8 #A8A8BD

tetradic

#BDA8A8 #B3BDA8 #A8BDBD #B3A8BD

square

#BDA8A8 #B3BDA8 #A8BDBD #B3A8BD

split-complementary

#BDA8A8 #A8BDB3 #A8B3BD

monochromatic

#856565 #A38585 #BDA8A8 #D7CBCB #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BDA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8A8

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8A8	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.024 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1c1',
    500: '#bda8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8a8;
$custom-light: #d1c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7497,
    "c": 0.02449,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8A8

secondary

#DDE3E3

accent

#98984E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8A8

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

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