#BD9898#BD9898

#BD9898 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.044 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9898
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 152)
HSL	hsl(0, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 19.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 13.78, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 14.74, 20.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0422 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.044 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8822, 35.5437, 34.5648)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9898 #98BDBD

analogous

#BD98AB #BD9898 #BDAB98

triadic

#BD9898 #98BD98 #9898BD

tetradic

#BD9898 #ABBD98 #98BDBD #AB98BD

square

#BD9898 #ABBD98 #98BDBD #AB98BD

split-complementary

#BD9898 #98BDAB #98ABBD

monochromatic

#855555 #A57373 #BD9898 #D5BDBD #EDE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD9898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BD9898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9898

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9898	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.044 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6b6',
    500: '#bd9898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9898;
$custom-light: #d1b6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 21.893,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7136,
    "c": 0.04439,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9898

secondary

#D2DEDE

accent

#A0A045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9898

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

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