#BD9799#BD9799

#BD9799 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.046 H 14.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9799
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(357, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(357, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 14.49, 4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 15.13, 16.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0442 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.046 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8028, 35.2534, 34.9441)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9799 #97BDBB

analogous

#BD97AC #BD9799 #BDA897

triadic

#BD9799 #99BD97 #9799BD

tetradic

#BD9799 #ACBD97 #97BDBB #A897BD

square

#BD9799 #ACBD97 #97BDBB #A897BD

split-complementary

#BD9799 #97BDA8 #97ACBD

monochromatic

#855457 #A57274 #BD9799 #D5BCBE #EDE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BD9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9799

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9799	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.046 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5b7',
    500: '#bd9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9799;
$custom-light: #d1b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71194,
    "c": 0.04566,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9799

secondary

#D2DEDD

accent

#A19C45

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9799

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

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