#BD8A7E#BD8A7E

#BD8A7E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.065 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A7E
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(11, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(11, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 33.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, 17.80, 14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 22.70, 38.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% 0.0544 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.065 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8416, 30.5041, 23.8400)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A7E #7EB1BD

analogous

#BD7E92 #BD8A7E #BDAA7E

triadic

#BD8A7E #7EBD8A #8A7EBD

tetradic

#BD8A7E #92BD7E #7EB1BD #AA7EBD

square

#BD8A7E #92BD7E #7EB1BD #AA7EBD

split-complementary

#BD8A7E #7EBDAA #7E92BD

monochromatic

#7F4D41 #A86656 #BD8A7E #D2AFA6 #E6D3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BD8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BD8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A7E

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A7E	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.065 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aca3',
    500: '#bd8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a7e;
$custom-light: #d2aca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67989,
    "c": 0.06537,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A7E

secondary

#C0D3D7

accent

#96AB3A

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F3

border

#D3CECD

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A7E

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

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