#BD978E#BD978E

#BD978E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.048 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD978E
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(11, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(11, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 24.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 12.82, 10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 16.34, 38.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0398 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.048 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9358, 34.9066, 30.3780)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD978E #8EB4BD

analogous

#BD8E9D #BD978E #BDAE8E

triadic

#BD978E #8EBD97 #978EBD

tetradic

#BD978E #9DBD8E #8EB4BD #AE8EBD

square

#BD978E #9DBD8E #8EB4BD #AE8EBD

split-complementary

#BD978E #8EBDAE #8E9DBD

monochromatic

#84574D #A67367 #BD978E #D4BBB5 #EADEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BD978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD978E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD978E	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)

#9F9B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.048 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5af',
    500: '#bd978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd978e;
$custom-light: #d1b5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.489,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70896,
    "c": 0.04772,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD978E

secondary

#CBD8DB

accent

#92A541

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD978E

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