#BD8A89#BD8A89

#BD8A89 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.063 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A89
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(1, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 19.30, 8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 20.98, 23.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0589 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.063 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5908, 30.8038, 27.7858)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A89 #89BCBD

analogous

#BD89A2 #BD8A89 #BDA489

triadic

#BD8A89 #89BD8A #8A89BD

tetradic

#BD8A89 #A2BD89 #89BCBD #A489BD

square

#BD8A89 #A2BD89 #89BCBD #A489BD

split-complementary

#BD8A89 #89BDA4 #89A2BD

monochromatic

#834A49 #A76362 #BD8A89 #D3B1B0 #E9D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BD8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BD8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A89

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A89	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.063 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2acab',
    500: '#bd8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a89;
$custom-light: #d2acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.154,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6827,
    "c": 0.06269,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A89

secondary

#C8DADA

accent

#A5A73F

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A89

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

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