#BDA9AB#BDA9AB

#BDA9AB is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.023 H 10.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9AB
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 171)
HSL	hsl(354, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(354, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 7.57, 1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 7.74, 12.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.023 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.023 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5243, 42.1358, 44.4131)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9AB #A9BDBB

analogous

#BDA9B5 #BDA9AB #BDB1A9

triadic

#BDA9AB #ABBDA9 #A9ABBD

tetradic

#BDA9AB #B5BDA9 #A9BDBB #B1A9BD

square

#BDA9AB #B5BDA9 #A9BDBB #B1A9BD

split-complementary

#BDA9AB #A9BDB1 #A9B5BD

monochromatic

#856669 #A28689 #BDA9AB #D8CCCD #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDA9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BDA9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9AB

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9AB	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.023 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2c4',
    500: '#bda9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9ab;
$custom-light: #d1c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75256,
    "c": 0.02337,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9AB

secondary

#DEE4E3

accent

#97904E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9AB

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

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