#BD8A8A#BD8A8A

#BD8A8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.063 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A8A
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 19.44, 7.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 20.91, 21.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% 0.0593 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.063 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6629, 30.8326, 28.1653)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A8A #8ABDBD

analogous

#BD8AA4 #BD8A8A #BDA48A

triadic

#BD8A8A #8ABD8A #8A8ABD

tetradic

#BD8A8A #A4BD8A #8ABDBD #A48ABD

square

#BD8A8A #A4BD8A #8ABDBD #A48ABD

split-complementary

#BD8A8A #8ABDA4 #8AA4BD

monochromatic

#834A4A #A76363 #BD8A8A #D3B1B1 #E9D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BD8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#BD8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A8A

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A8A	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.063 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2acac',
    500: '#bd8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a8a;
$custom-light: #d2acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68297,
    "c": 0.06261,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A8A

secondary

#C9DADA

accent

#A6A63F

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A8A

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

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