#BDAAA9#BDAAA9

#BDAAA9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.022 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAAA9
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(3, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(3, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 6.68, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 7.33, 24.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0206 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.022 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5219, 42.4336, 43.4789)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAAA9 #A9BCBD

analogous

#BDA9B2 #BDAAA9 #BDB4A9

triadic

#BDAAA9 #A9BDAA #AAA9BD

tetradic

#BDAAA9 #B2BDA9 #A9BCBD #B4A9BD

square

#BDAAA9 #B2BDA9 #A9BCBD #B4A9BD

split-complementary

#BDAAA9 #A9BDB4 #A9B2BD

monochromatic

#856866 #A28886 #BDAAA9 #D8CCCC #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDAAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BDAAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAAA9

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAAA9	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.022 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3c2',
    500: '#bdaaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaaa9;
$custom-light: #d1c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75399,
    "c": 0.02215,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAAA9

secondary

#DEE3E4

accent

#94974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAAA9

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

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