#BDADAB#BDADAB

#BDADAB is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.019 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADAB
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 171)
HSL	hsl(7, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(7, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 5.39, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 6.22, 29.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.0168 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.019 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2798, 43.6469, 44.6649)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADAB #ABBBBD

analogous

#BDABB2 #BDADAB #BDB6AB

triadic

#BDADAB #ABBDAD #ADABBD

tetradic

#BDADAB #B2BDAB #ABBBBD #B6ABBD

square

#BDADAB #B2BDAB #ABBBBD #B6ABBD

split-complementary

#BDADAB #ABBDB6 #ABB2BD

monochromatic

#856C69 #A28C89 #BDADAB #D8CECD #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDADAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BDADAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADAB

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADAB	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.019 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5c4',
    500: '#bdadab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdadab;
$custom-light: #d1c5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7606,
    "c": 0.01875,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADAB

secondary

#DFE4E4

accent

#8E964F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADAB

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

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