#BDACA9#BDACA9

#BDACA9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.020 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDACA9
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 169)
HSL	hsl(9, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 5.59, 3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 6.74, 33.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.0176 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.02 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8996, 43.1892, 43.6049)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDACA9 #A9BABD

analogous

#BDA9B0 #BDACA9 #BDB6A9

triadic

#BDACA9 #A9BDAC #ACA9BD

tetradic

#BDACA9 #B0BDA9 #A9BABD #B6A9BD

square

#BDACA9 #B0BDA9 #A9BABD #B6A9BD

split-complementary

#BDACA9 #A9BDB6 #A9B0BD

monochromatic

#856B66 #A28B86 #BDACA9 #D8CDCC #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDACA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BDACA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDACA9

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDACA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDACA9	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.020 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4c2',
    500: '#bdaca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaca9;
$custom-light: #d1c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75801,
    "c": 0.0202,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDACA9

secondary

#DEE3E4

accent

#8C974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDACA9

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

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