#BDA8AB#BDA8AB

#BDA8AB is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.025 H 7.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8AB
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 171)
HSL	hsl(351, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(351, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 8.12, 1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 8.21, 8.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.0245 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.025 7.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3390, 41.7652, 44.3513)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8AB #A8BDBA

analogous

#BDA8B5 #BDA8AB #BDB0A8

triadic

#BDA8AB #ABBDA8 #A8ABBD

tetradic

#BDA8AB #B5BDA8 #A8BDBA #B0A8BD

square

#BDA8AB #B5BDA8 #A8BDBA #B0A8BD

split-complementary

#BDA8AB #A8BDB0 #A8B5BD

monochromatic

#85656A #A38589 #BDA8AB #D7CBCD #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDA8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDA8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8AB

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8AB	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)

#ABABAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.025 7.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1c4',
    500: '#bda8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8ab;
$custom-light: #d1c1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75057,
    "c": 0.02473,
    "h": 7.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8AB

secondary

#DDE3E2

accent

#988D4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8AB

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

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