#BD8A87#BD8A87

#BD8A87 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.063 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A87
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(3, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(3, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 28.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, 19.02, 9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 21.16, 26.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% 0.0581 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.063 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4487, 30.7469, 27.0372)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A87 #87BABD

analogous

#BD879F #BD8A87 #BDA587

triadic

#BD8A87 #87BD8A #8A87BD

tetradic

#BD8A87 #9FBD87 #87BABD #A587BD

square

#BD8A87 #9FBD87 #87BABD #A587BD

split-complementary

#BD8A87 #87BDA5 #879FBD

monochromatic

#824B48 #A76460 #BD8A87 #D3B0AE #E8D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BD8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BD8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A87

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A87	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.063 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2acaa',
    500: '#bd8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a87;
$custom-light: #d2acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68217,
    "c": 0.06293,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A87

secondary

#C6D8D9

accent

#A2A83E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A87

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

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