#BD8A86#BD8A86

#BD8A86 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.063 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A86
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(4, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 18.88, 9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 21.28, 27.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0577 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.063 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3786, 30.7189, 26.6682)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A86 #86B9BD

analogous

#BD869D #BD8A86 #BDA586

triadic

#BD8A86 #86BD8A #8A86BD

tetradic

#BD8A86 #9DBD86 #86B9BD #A586BD

square

#BD8A86 #9DBD86 #86B9BD #A586BD

split-complementary

#BD8A86 #86BDA5 #869DBD

monochromatic

#824B47 #A7645E #BD8A86 #D3B0AE #E8D7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BD8A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BD8A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A86

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A86	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)

#949186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.063 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aca9',
    500: '#bd8a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a86;
$custom-light: #d2aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.364,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68191,
    "c": 0.06309,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A86

secondary

#C6D8D9

accent

#A0A83D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A86

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

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