#BDABA6#BDABA6

#BDABA6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.022 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABA6
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 166)
HSL	hsl(13, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(13, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 12.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, 5.63, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 7.48, 41.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0179 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.022 36)
XYZ	xyz(42.4316, 42.6986, 42.0754)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABA6 #A6B8BD

analogous

#BDA6AD #BDABA6 #BDB7A6

triadic

#BDABA6 #A6BDAB #ABA6BD

tetradic

#BDABA6 #ADBDA6 #A6B8BD #B7A6BD

square

#BDABA6 #ADBDA6 #A6B8BD #B7A6BD

split-complementary

#BDABA6 #A6BDB7 #A6ADBD

monochromatic

#866B63 #A38A83 #BDABA6 #D7CCC9 #F1EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDABA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BDABA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABA6

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABA6	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.022 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4c0',
    500: '#bdaba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaba6;
$custom-light: #d1c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75516,
    "c": 0.02214,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.42698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABA6

secondary

#DCE1E3

accent

#88994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABA6

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

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