#BD8A8E#BD8A8E

#BD8A8E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.063 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A8E
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(355, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(355, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 24.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, 20.02, 5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 20.78, 15.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% 0.0609 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.063 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9578, 30.9506, 29.7187)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A8E #8ABDB9

analogous

#BD8AA8 #BD8A8E #BDA08A

triadic

#BD8A8E #8EBD8A #8A8EBD

tetradic

#BD8A8E #A8BD8A #8ABDB9 #A08ABD

square

#BD8A8E #A8BD8A #8ABDB9 #A08ABD

split-complementary

#BD8A8E #8ABDA0 #8AA8BD

monochromatic

#834A4E #A76368 #BD8A8E #D3B1B4 #E9D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BD8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BD8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A8E

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A8E	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.063 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2acaf',
    500: '#bd8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a8e;
$custom-light: #d2acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.294,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68407,
    "c": 0.06262,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A8E

secondary

#C9DAD9

accent

#A69E3F

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A8E

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

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