#BD978D#BD978D

#BD978D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.048 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD978D
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(13, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 12.67, 10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 16.56, 40.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0393 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.048 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8611, 34.8767, 29.9844)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD978D #8DB3BD

analogous

#BD8D9B #BD978D #BDAF8D

triadic

#BD978D #8DBD97 #978DBD

tetradic

#BD978D #9BBD8D #8DB3BD #AF8DBD

square

#BD978D #9BBD8D #8DB3BD #AF8DBD

split-complementary

#BD978D #8DBDAF #8D9BBD

monochromatic

#83584C #A77466 #BD978D #D3BAB4 #EADEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BD978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD978D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD978D	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.048 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5ae',
    500: '#bd978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd978d;
$custom-light: #d1b5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7087,
    "c": 0.04813,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD978D

secondary

#CBD8DB

accent

#90A540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD978D

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

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