#BDA8AA#BDA8AA

#BDA8AA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.025 H 11.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8AA
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(354, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(354, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 7.94, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 8.13, 12.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% 0.0241 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.025 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2440, 41.7272, 43.8512)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8AA #A8BDBB

analogous

#BDA8B4 #BDA8AA #BDB1A8

triadic

#BDA8AA #AABDA8 #A8AABD

tetradic

#BDA8AA #B4BDA8 #A8BDBB #B1A8BD

square

#BDA8AA #B4BDA8 #A8BDBB #B1A8BD

split-complementary

#BDA8AA #A8BDB1 #A8B4BD

monochromatic

#856568 #A38588 #BDA8AA #D7CBCC #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8AA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8AA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.025 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1c3',
    500: '#bda8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8aa;
$custom-light: #d1c1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75028,
    "c": 0.02457,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8AA

secondary

#DDE3E3

accent

#98914E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8AA

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

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