#BDA9AE#BDA9AE

#BDA9AE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.024 H 0.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9AE
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(345, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(345, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 8.09, 0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 8.09, 0.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0241 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.024 0.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8135, 42.2515, 45.9362)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9AE #A9BDB8

analogous

#BDA9B8 #BDA9AE #BDAEA9

triadic

#BDA9AE #AEBDA9 #A9AEBD

tetradic

#BDA9AE #B8BDA9 #A9BDB8 #AEA9BD

square

#BDA9AE #B8BDA9 #A9BDB8 #AEA9BD

split-complementary

#BDA9AE #A9BDAE #A9B8BD

monochromatic

#85666E #A2868D #BDA9AE #D8CCCF #F2EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BDA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9AE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9AE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.024 0.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2c6',
    500: '#bda9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9ae;
$custom-light: #d1c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75345,
    "c": 0.02414,
    "h": 0.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9AE

secondary

#DEE4E2

accent

#97854E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9AE

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

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