#BDAEAE#BDAEAE

#BDAEAE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.017 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAEAE
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, 5.37, 1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 5.71, 19.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0165 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.017 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7615, 44.1475, 46.2522)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAEAE #AEBDBD

analogous

#BDAEB5 #BDAEAE #BDB5AE

triadic

#BDAEAE #AEBDAE #AEAEBD

tetradic

#BDAEAE #B5BDAE #AEBDBD #B5AEBD

square

#BDAEAE #B5BDAE #AEBDBD #B5AEBD

split-complementary

#BDAEAE #AEBDB5 #AEB5BD

monochromatic

#856C6C #A28C8C #BDAEAE #D8D0D0 #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BDAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAEAE

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAEAE	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.017 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6c6',
    500: '#bdaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaeae;
$custom-light: #d1c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76348,
    "c": 0.01729,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAEAE

secondary

#E1E5E5

accent

#949451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAEAE

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

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