#BD8488#BD8488

#BD8488 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.071 H 14.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8488
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(356, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(356, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 28%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, 22.49, 6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 23.46, 16.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.0683 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.071 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6822, 29.1009, 27.1307)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8488 #84BDB9

analogous

#BD84A5 #BD8488 #BD9C84

triadic

#BD8488 #88BD84 #8488BD

tetradic

#BD8488 #A5BD84 #84BDB9 #9C84BD

square

#BD8488 #A5BD84 #84BDB9 #9C84BD

split-complementary

#BD8488 #84BD9C #84A5BD

monochromatic

#81454A #A85C61 #BD8488 #D2ACAF #E8D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BD8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BD8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8488

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8488	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.071 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a8aa',
    500: '#bd8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8488;
$custom-light: #d2a8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.789,
    "s": 30.159,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67127,
    "c": 0.07058,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8488

secondary

#C4D9D7

accent

#A9A13D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F10

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8488

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

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