#BD8A95#BD8A95

#BD8A95 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.064 H 4.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A95
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 149)
HSL	hsl(347, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(347, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 21.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 21.08, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 21.16, 4.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0636 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.064 4.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4999, 31.1674, 32.5740)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A95 #8ABDB2

analogous

#BD8AAF #BD8A95 #BD998A

triadic

#BD8A95 #95BD8A #8A95BD

tetradic

#BD8A95 #AFBD8A #8ABDB2 #998ABD

square

#BD8A95 #AFBD8A #8ABDB2 #998ABD

split-complementary

#BD8A95 #8ABD99 #8AAFBD

monochromatic

#834A56 #A76372 #BD8A95 #D3B1B8 #E9D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BD8A95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#BD8A95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A95

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A95	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.064 4.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acb4',
    500: '#bd8a95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a95;
$custom-light: #d1acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.059,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68609,
    "c": 0.06379,
    "h": 4.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A95

secondary

#C9DAD6

accent

#A6903F

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F6

border

#D2CED0

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A95

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

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