#BDADAE#BDADAE

#BDADAE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.019 H 13.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADAE
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 174)
HSL	hsl(356, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(356, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 5.91, 1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 6.12, 14.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.018 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.019 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5690, 43.7626, 46.1880)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADAE #ADBDBC

analogous

#BDADB6 #BDADAE #BDB4AD

triadic

#BDADAE #AEBDAD #ADAEBD

tetradic

#BDADAE #B6BDAD #ADBDBC #B4ADBD

square

#BDADAE #B6BDAD #ADBDBC #B4ADBD

split-complementary

#BDADAE #ADBDB4 #ADB6BD

monochromatic

#856B6C #A28B8D #BDADAE #D8CFCF #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDADAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BDADAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADAE

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADAE	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.019 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5c6',
    500: '#bdadae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdadae;
$custom-light: #d1c5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76146,
    "c": 0.01851,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADAE

secondary

#E1E5E5

accent

#959151

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADAE

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

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