#BDACAF#BDACAF

#BDACAF is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.020 H 5.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDACAF
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 175)
HSL	hsl(349, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(349, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 6.63, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 6.67, 5.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0199 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.02 5.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4759, 43.4197, 46.6397)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDACAF #ACBDBA

analogous

#BDACB7 #BDACAF #BDB1AC

triadic

#BDACAF #AFBDAC #ACAFBD

tetradic

#BDACAF #B7BDAC #ACBDBA #B1ACBD

square

#BDACAF #B7BDAC #ACBDBA #B1ACBD

split-complementary

#BDACAF #ACBDB1 #ACB7BD

monochromatic

#856A6E #A28A8E #BDACAF #D8CED0 #F1EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDACAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BDACAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDACAF

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDACAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDACAF	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdacaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.020 5.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdacaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75975,
    "c": 0.02002,
    "h": 5.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDACAF

secondary

#E0E5E4

accent

#958950

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDACAF

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

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