#BDA8A9#BDA8A9

#BDA8A9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.024 H 14.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8A9
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(357, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(357, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 7.77, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 8.10, 16.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.0237 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.024 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1498, 41.6895, 43.3549)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8A9 #A8BDBC

analogous

#BDA8B3 #BDA8A9 #BDB2A8

triadic

#BDA8A9 #A9BDA8 #A8A9BD

tetradic

#BDA8A9 #B3BDA8 #A8BDBC #B2A8BD

square

#BDA8A9 #B3BDA8 #A8BDBC #B2A8BD

split-complementary

#BDA8A9 #A8BDB2 #A8B3BD

monochromatic

#856567 #A38587 #BDA8A9 #D7CBCB #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BDA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8A9

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8A9	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.024 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1c2',
    500: '#bda8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8a9;
$custom-light: #d1c1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74999,
    "c": 0.02449,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8A9

secondary

#DDE3E3

accent

#98944E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8A9

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

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