#BDA9AA#BDA9AA

#BDA9AA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.023 H 14.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9AA
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(357, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(357, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 7.40, 2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 7.70, 16.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0226 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.023 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4293, 42.0978, 43.9130)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9AA #A9BDBC

analogous

#BDA9B4 #BDA9AA #BDB2A9

triadic

#BDA9AA #AABDA9 #A9AABD

tetradic

#BDA9AA #B4BDA9 #A9BDBC #B2A9BD

square

#BDA9AA #B4BDA9 #A9BDBC #B2A9BD

split-complementary

#BDA9AA #A9BDB2 #A9B4BD

monochromatic

#856668 #A28688 #BDA9AA #D8CCCC #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDA9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BDA9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9AA

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9AA	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.023 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2c3',
    500: '#bda9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9aa;
$custom-light: #d1c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75227,
    "c": 0.02328,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9AA

secondary

#DEE4E3

accent

#97944E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9AA

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

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