#BDAAA4#BDAAA4

#BDAAA4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.024 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAAA4
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(14, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 5.84, 5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 8.08, 43.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0187 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.024 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0614, 42.2495, 41.0540)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAAA4 #A4B7BD

analogous

#BDA4AB #BDAAA4 #BDB7A4

triadic

#BDAAA4 #A4BDAA #AAA4BD

tetradic

#BDAAA4 #ABBDA4 #A4B7BD #B7A4BD

square

#BDAAA4 #ABBDA4 #A4B7BD #B7A4BD

split-complementary

#BDAAA4 #A4BDB7 #A4ABBD

monochromatic

#866A61 #A38981 #BDAAA4 #D7CBC7 #F0ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BDAAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAAA4

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAAA4	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)

#AEACA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AFA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.024 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3bf',
    500: '#bdaaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaaa4;
$custom-light: #d1c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.4,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75259,
    "c": 0.02377,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAAA4

secondary

#DBE0E2

accent

#879A4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAAA4

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

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