#BDADA8#BDADA8

#BDADA8 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.020 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADA8
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 168)
HSL	hsl(14, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(14, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 4.88, 4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 6.74, 43.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0156 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.02 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9971, 43.5338, 43.1760)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADA8 #A8B8BD

analogous

#BDA8AE #BDADA8 #BDB7A8

triadic

#BDADA8 #A8BDAD #ADA8BD

tetradic

#BDADA8 #AEBDA8 #A8B8BD #B7A8BD

square

#BDADA8 #AEBDA8 #A8B8BD #B7A8BD

split-complementary

#BDADA8 #A8BDB7 #A8AEBD

monochromatic

#856D65 #A38C85 #BDADA8 #D7CECB #F2EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDADA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDADA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADA8

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADA8	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdada8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.020 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5c1',
    500: '#bdada8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdada8;
$custom-light: #d1c5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdada8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75975,
    "c": 0.01988,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADA8

secondary

#DDE2E3

accent

#86984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADA8

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

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