#BD998E#BD998E

#BD998E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.046 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD998E
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(14, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(14, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 24.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 11.72, 10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 15.97, 42.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0365 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.046 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2604, 35.5558, 30.4862)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD998E #8EB2BD

analogous

#BD8E9A #BD998E #BDB18E

triadic

#BD998E #8EBD99 #998EBD

tetradic

#BD998E #9ABD8E #8EB2BD #B18EBD

square

#BD998E #9ABD8E #8EB2BD #B18EBD

split-complementary

#BD998E #8EBDB1 #8E9ABD

monochromatic

#845A4D #A67667 #BD998E #D4BCB5 #EADFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BD998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD998E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD998E	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)

#A19D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.046 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7af',
    500: '#bd998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd998e;
$custom-light: #d1b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.043,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71287,
    "c": 0.04614,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD998E

secondary

#CBD8DB

accent

#8DA541

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD998E

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

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