#BD8A8D#BD8A8D

#BD8A8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.063 H 14.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A8D
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(356, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(356, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, 19.88, 6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 20.79, 17.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0605 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.063 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8831, 30.9207, 29.3250)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A8D #8ABDBA

analogous

#BD8AA7 #BD8A8D #BDA18A

triadic

#BD8A8D #8DBD8A #8A8DBD

tetradic

#BD8A8D #A7BD8A #8ABDBA #A18ABD

square

#BD8A8D #A7BD8A #8ABDBA #A18ABD

split-complementary

#BD8A8D #8ABDA1 #8AA7BD

monochromatic

#834A4D #A76367 #BD8A8D #D3B1B3 #E9D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BD8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BD8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A8D

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A8D	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.063 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2acae',
    500: '#bd8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a8d;
$custom-light: #d2acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68379,
    "c": 0.06257,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A8D

secondary

#C9DAD9

accent

#A6A03F

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A8D

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

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