#BDAAA5#BDAAA5

#BDAAA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.023 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAAA5
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(13, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(13, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 6.01, 5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 7.86, 40.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.0191 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.023 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1521, 42.2857, 41.5315)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAAA5 #A5B8BD

analogous

#BDA5AC #BDAAA5 #BDB6A5

triadic

#BDAAA5 #A5BDAA #AAA5BD

tetradic

#BDAAA5 #ACBDA5 #A5B8BD #B6A5BD

square

#BDAAA5 #ACBDA5 #A5B8BD #B6A5BD

split-complementary

#BDAAA5 #A5BDB6 #A5ACBD

monochromatic

#866962 #A38982 #BDAAA5 #D7CBC8 #F1EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BDAAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAAA5

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAAA5	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.023 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3bf',
    500: '#bdaaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaaa5;
$custom-light: #d1c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75286,
    "c": 0.02329,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAAA5

secondary

#DBE1E2

accent

#899A4C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAAA5

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

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