#BDABA9#BDABA9

#BDABA9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.021 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABA9
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(6, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(6, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 6.14, 3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 7.01, 28.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0191 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.021 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7100, 42.8100, 43.5417)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABA9 #A9BBBD

analogous

#BDA9B1 #BDABA9 #BDB5A9

triadic

#BDABA9 #A9BDAB #ABA9BD

tetradic

#BDABA9 #B1BDA9 #A9BBBD #B5A9BD

square

#BDABA9 #B1BDA9 #A9BBBD #B5A9BD

split-complementary

#BDABA9 #A9BDB5 #A9B1BD

monochromatic

#856966 #A28986 #BDABA9 #D8CDCC #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BDABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABA9

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABA9	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.021 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4c2',
    500: '#bdaba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaba9;
$custom-light: #d1c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.756,
    "c": 0.02112,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABA9

secondary

#DEE3E4

accent

#90974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABA9

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

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