#BD8A85#BD8A85

#BD8A85 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.063 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A85
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(5, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 18.74, 10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 21.41, 28.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0573 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.063 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3092, 30.6911, 26.3026)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A85 #85B8BD

analogous

#BD859C #BD8A85 #BDA685

triadic

#BD8A85 #85BD8A #8A85BD

tetradic

#BD8A85 #9CBD85 #85B8BD #A685BD

square

#BD8A85 #9CBD85 #85B8BD #A685BD

split-complementary

#BD8A85 #85BDA6 #859CBD

monochromatic

#824B46 #A8645D #BD8A85 #D2B0AD #E8D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BD8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BD8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A85

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A85	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.063 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aca8',
    500: '#bd8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a85;
$custom-light: #d2aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.357,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68165,
    "c": 0.06329,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A85

secondary

#C5D7D9

accent

#9FA83D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A85

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

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