#BD8985#BD8985

#BD8985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.064 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8985
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(4, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, 19.30, 10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 21.73, 27.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.0589 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.064 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1664, 30.4055, 26.2550)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8985 #85B9BD

analogous

#BD859D #BD8985 #BDA585

triadic

#BD8985 #85BD89 #8985BD

tetradic

#BD8985 #9DBD85 #85B9BD #A585BD

square

#BD8985 #9DBD85 #85B9BD #A585BD

split-complementary

#BD8985 #85BDA5 #859DBD

monochromatic

#824A46 #A8635D #BD8985 #D2AFAD #E8D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BD8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8985

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8985	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.064 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aba8',
    500: '#bd8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8985;
$custom-light: #d2aba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67977,
    "c": 0.06442,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8985

secondary

#C5D7D9

accent

#A1A83D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8985

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

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