#BDABA7#BDABA7

#BDABA7 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.022 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABA7
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 167)
HSL	hsl(11, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(11, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 11.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 5.80, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 7.29, 37.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0183 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.022 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5237, 42.7355, 42.5604)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABA7 #A7B9BD

analogous

#BDA7AE #BDABA7 #BDB6A7

triadic

#BDABA7 #A7BDAB #ABA7BD

tetradic

#BDABA7 #AEBDA7 #A7B9BD #B6A7BD

square

#BDABA7 #AEBDA7 #A7B9BD #B6A7BD

split-complementary

#BDABA7 #A7BDB6 #A7AEBD

monochromatic

#856A64 #A38A84 #BDABA7 #D7CCCA #F1EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDABA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BDABA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABA7

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABA7	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.022 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4c1',
    500: '#bdaba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaba7;
$custom-light: #d1c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75543,
    "c": 0.02172,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABA7

secondary

#DDE2E3

accent

#8B984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABA7

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

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