#BDABAC#BDABAC

#BDABAC is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.021 H 13.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABAC
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 172)
HSL	hsl(357, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(357, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 6.65, 1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 6.90, 15.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0203 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.021 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9949, 42.9239, 45.0419)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABAC #ABBDBC

analogous

#BDABB5 #BDABAC #BDB3AB

triadic

#BDABAC #ACBDAB #ABACBD

tetradic

#BDABAC #B5BDAB #ABBDBC #B3ABBD

square

#BDABAC #B5BDAB #ABBDBC #B3ABBD

split-complementary

#BDABAC #ABBDB3 #ABB5BD

monochromatic

#85696A #A2898A #BDABAC #D8CDCE #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDABAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BDABAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABAC

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABAC	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)

#AEADAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.021 13.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75686,
    "c": 0.02089,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABAC

secondary

#DFE4E4

accent

#96924F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABAC

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

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