#BDABAE#BDABAE

#BDABAE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.021 H 6.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABAE
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(350, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(350, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 7.00, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 7.05, 6.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0211 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.021 6.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1884, 43.0013, 46.0611)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABAE #ABBDBA

analogous

#BDABB7 #BDABAE #BDB1AB

triadic

#BDABAE #AEBDAB #ABAEBD

tetradic

#BDABAE #B7BDAB #ABBDBA #B1ABBD

square

#BDABAE #B7BDAB #ABBDBA #B1ABBD

split-complementary

#BDABAE #ABBDB1 #ABB7BD

monochromatic

#85696D #A2898D #BDABAE #D8CDCF #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BDABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABAE

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABAE	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.021 6.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4c6',
    500: '#bdabae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabae;
$custom-light: #d1c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75745,
    "c": 0.02119,
    "h": 6.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABAE

secondary

#DFE4E4

accent

#968A4F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABAE

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

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