#BD9993#BD9993

#BD9993 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.044 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9993
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 147)
HSL	hsl(9, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(9, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 22.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 12.46, 8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 14.93, 33.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0386 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.044 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6442, 35.7093, 32.5078)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9993 #93B7BD

analogous

#BD93A2 #BD9993 #BDAE93

triadic

#BD9993 #93BD99 #9993BD

tetradic

#BD9993 #A2BD93 #93B7BD #AE93BD

square

#BD9993 #A2BD93 #93B7BD #AE93BD

split-complementary

#BD9993 #93BDAE #93A2BD

monochromatic

#855851 #A6756D #BD9993 #D4BDB9 #EBE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD9993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BD9993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9993

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9993	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.044 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7b2',
    500: '#bd9993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9993;
$custom-light: #d1b7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71418,
    "c": 0.04417,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9993

secondary

#CFDBDD

accent

#95A343

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9993

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

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