#BD8D8A#BD8D8A

#BD8D8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.059 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D8A
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(4, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(4, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 17.78, 8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 19.80, 26.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0544 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.059 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0992, 31.7053, 28.3108)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D8A #8ABABD

analogous

#BD8AA1 #BD8D8A #BDA78A

triadic

#BD8D8A #8ABD8D #8D8ABD

tetradic

#BD8D8A #A1BD8A #8ABABD #A78ABD

square

#BD8D8A #A1BD8A #8ABABD #A78ABD

split-complementary

#BD8D8A #8ABDA7 #8AA1BD

monochromatic

#834D4A #A76763 #BD8D8A #D3B3B1 #E9D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BD8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#BD8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D8A

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D8A	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.059 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aeac',
    500: '#bd8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d8a;
$custom-light: #d2aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68864,
    "c": 0.05896,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D8A

secondary

#C9D9DA

accent

#A0A63F

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D8A

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

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