#BDABAB#BDABAB

#BDABAB is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.021 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABAB
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 171)
HSL	hsl(0, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 6.48, 2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 6.90, 20.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0199 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.021 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8992, 42.8857, 44.5380)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABAB #ABBDBD

analogous

#BDABB4 #BDABAB #BDB4AB

triadic

#BDABAB #ABBDAB #ABABBD

tetradic

#BDABAB #B4BDAB #ABBDBD #B4ABBD

square

#BDABAB #B4BDAB #ABBDBD #B4ABBD

split-complementary

#BDABAB #ABBDB4 #ABB4BD

monochromatic

#856969 #A28989 #BDABAB #D8CDCD #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDABAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BDABAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABAB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABAB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.021 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4c4',
    500: '#bdabab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabab;
$custom-light: #d1c4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75657,
    "c": 0.02087,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABAB

secondary

#DFE4E4

accent

#96964F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABAB

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

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