#BDAFAD#BDAFAD

#BDAFAD is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.016 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAFAD
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(8, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(8, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 4.65, 2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 5.45, 31.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0146 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.016 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8583, 44.4965, 45.8053)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAFAD #ADBBBD

analogous

#BDADB3 #BDAFAD #BDB7AD

triadic

#BDAFAD #ADBDAF #AFADBD

tetradic

#BDAFAD #B3BDAD #ADBBBD #B7ADBD

square

#BDAFAD #B3BDAD #ADBBBD #B7ADBD

split-complementary

#BDAFAD #ADBDB7 #ADB3BD

monochromatic

#856E6B #A28E8B #BDAFAD #D8D0CF #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDAFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BDAFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAFAD

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAFAD	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdafad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.016 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6c5',
    500: '#bdafad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdafad;
$custom-light: #d1c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdafad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76521,
    "c": 0.01641,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAFAD

secondary

#E1E4E5

accent

#8C9551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAFAD

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

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