#BD8A88#BD8A88

#BD8A88 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.063 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A88
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(2, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 28%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, 19.16, 8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 21.06, 24.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.0585 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.063 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5194, 30.7752, 27.4098)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A88 #88BBBD

analogous

#BD88A0 #BD8A88 #BDA488

triadic

#BD8A88 #88BD8A #8A88BD

tetradic

#BD8A88 #A0BD88 #88BBBD #A488BD

square

#BD8A88 #A0BD88 #88BBBD #A488BD

split-complementary

#BD8A88 #88BDA4 #88A0BD

monochromatic

#824A48 #A76361 #BD8A88 #D3B1AF #E9D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BD8A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BD8A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A88

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A88	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)

#949188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.063 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2acaa',
    500: '#bd8a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a88;
$custom-light: #d2acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.264,
    "s": 28.649,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68244,
    "c": 0.06279,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A88

secondary

#C7D9DA

accent

#A3A73E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A88

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →