#BD9596#BD9596

#BD9596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.048 H 16.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9596
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(359, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 15.13, 5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 16.00, 19.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0462 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.048 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2390, 34.5172, 33.5492)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9596 #95BDBC

analogous

#BD95AA #BD9596 #BDA895

triadic

#BD9596 #96BD95 #9596BD

tetradic

#BD9596 #AABD95 #95BDBC #A895BD

square

#BD9596 #AABD95 #95BDBC #A895BD

split-complementary

#BD9596 #95BDA8 #95AABD

monochromatic

#855354 #A66F71 #BD9596 #D4BBBB #ECE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BD9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9596

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9596	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.048 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b4b4',
    500: '#bd9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9596;
$custom-light: #d1b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.5,
    "s": 23.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70723,
    "c": 0.04821,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9596

secondary

#D0DDDD

accent

#A29F44

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9596

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

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