#BD8895#BD8895

#BD8895 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.067 H 2.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8895
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 149)
HSL	hsl(345, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(345, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 21.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 22.19, 1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 22.22, 2.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.0668 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.067 2.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2156, 30.5988, 32.4792)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8895 #88BDB0

analogous

#BD88AF #BD8895 #BD9588

triadic

#BD8895 #95BD88 #8895BD

tetradic

#BD8895 #AFBD88 #88BDB0 #9588BD

square

#BD8895 #AFBD88 #88BDB0 #9588BD

split-complementary

#BD8895 #88BD95 #88AFBD

monochromatic

#824857 #A76172 #BD8895 #D3AFB8 #E9D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BD8895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BD8895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8895

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8895	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6858C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.067 2.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2abb4',
    500: '#bd8895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8895;
$custom-light: #d2abb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.283,
    "s": 28.649,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68238,
    "c": 0.06691,
    "h": 2.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8895

secondary

#C7DAD5

accent

#A78E3E

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F6

border

#D2CED0

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8895

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

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