#BDABA8#BDABA8

#BDABA8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.021 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABA8
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(9, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, 5.97, 3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 7.13, 33.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% 0.0187 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.021 29)
XYZ	xyz(42.6165, 42.7726, 43.0491)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABA8 #A8BABD

analogous

#BDA8B0 #BDABA8 #BDB5A8

triadic

#BDABA8 #A8BDAB #ABA8BD

tetradic

#BDABA8 #B0BDA8 #A8BABD #B5A8BD

square

#BDABA8 #B0BDA8 #A8BABD #B5A8BD

split-complementary

#BDABA8 #A8BDB5 #A8B0BD

monochromatic

#856A65 #A38985 #BDABA8 #D7CDCB #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BDABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABA8

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABA8	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)

#AEADA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.021 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4c1',
    500: '#bdaba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaba8;
$custom-light: #d1c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75572,
    "c": 0.02137,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.42772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABA8

secondary

#DDE2E3

accent

#8D984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABA8

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

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