#BD9490#BD9490

#BD9490 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.050 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9490
RGB	rgb(189, 148, 144)
HSL	hsl(5, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(5, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 23.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 14.77, 8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 16.81, 28.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0454 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.05 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6106, 34.0138, 31.0170)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9490 #90B9BD

analogous

#BD90A2 #BD9490 #BDAA90

triadic

#BD9490 #90BD94 #9490BD

tetradic

#BD9490 #A2BD90 #90B9BD #AA90BD

square

#BD9490 #A2BD90 #90B9BD #AA90BD

split-complementary

#BD9490 #90BDAA #90A2BD

monochromatic

#84534F #A66F6A #BD9490 #D4B9B6 #EBDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BD9490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9490

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9490	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 148, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.050 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b3b0',
    500: '#bd9490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9490;
$custom-light: #d1b3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.333,
    "s": 25.424,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70365,
    "c": 0.05003,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9490

secondary

#CDDBDC

accent

#9BA442

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9490

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

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