#BD9E95#BD9E95

#BD9E95 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.039 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E95
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 149)
HSL	hsl(14, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(14, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 21.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 10.01, 8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 13.44, 41.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0314 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.039 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6381, 37.4438, 33.6200)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E95 #95B4BD

analogous

#BD95A0 #BD9E95 #BDB295

triadic

#BD9E95 #95BD9E #9E95BD

tetradic

#BD9E95 #A0BD95 #95B4BD #B295BD

square

#BD9E95 #A0BD95 #95B4BD #B295BD

split-complementary

#BD9E95 #95BDB2 #95A0BD

monochromatic

#855E53 #A67B6F #BD9E95 #D4C1BB #ECE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BD9E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BD9E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E95

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E95	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.039 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bab4',
    500: '#bd9e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e95;
$custom-light: #d1bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.5,
    "s": 23.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72456,
    "c": 0.03918,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E95

secondary

#D0DADD

accent

#8DA244

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E95

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

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