#BD8A82#BD8A82

#BD8A82 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.064 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A82
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 130)
HSL	hsl(8, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(8, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 31.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, 18.33, 11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 21.88, 33.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0561 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.064 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1049, 30.6094, 25.2266)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A82 #82B5BD

analogous

#BD8297 #BD8A82 #BDA882

triadic

#BD8A82 #82BD8A #8A82BD

tetradic

#BD8A82 #97BD82 #82B5BD #A882BD

square

#BD8A82 #97BD82 #82B5BD #A882BD

split-complementary

#BD8A82 #82BDA8 #8297BD

monochromatic

#814C44 #A8655A #BD8A82 #D2AFAA #E7D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BD8A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BD8A82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A82

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A82	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)

#959081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.064 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aca6',
    500: '#bd8a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a82;
$custom-light: #d2aca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.136,
    "s": 30.89,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68088,
    "c": 0.06402,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A82

secondary

#C3D5D8

accent

#9BAA3C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A82

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

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