#BD8979#BD8979

#BD8979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.068 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8979
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(14, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(14, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, 17.72, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 24.16, 42.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.054 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.068 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3842, 30.0926, 22.1355)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8979 #79ADBD

analogous

#BD798B #BD8979 #BDAB79

triadic

#BD8979 #79BD89 #8979BD

tetradic

#BD8979 #8BBD79 #79ADBD #AB79BD

square

#BD8979 #8BBD79 #79ADBD #AB79BD

split-complementary

#BD8979 #79BDAB #798BBD

monochromatic

#7E4D3E #A76652 #BD8979 #D1ADA2 #E5D1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BD8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BD8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8979

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8979	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.068 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab9f',
    500: '#bd8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8979;
$custom-light: #d2ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67681,
    "c": 0.06836,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8979

secondary

#BCD0D6

accent

#91AD39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8979

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

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