#BE8A8B#BE8A8B

#BE8A8B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.064 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A8B
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(359, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(359, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 26.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 19.97, 7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 21.27, 20.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.0608 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.064 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9846, 30.9901, 28.5600)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A8B #8ABEBD

analogous

#BE8AA5 #BE8A8B #BEA38A

triadic

#BE8A8B #8BBE8A #8A8BBE

tetradic

#BE8A8B #A5BE8A #8ABEBD #A38ABE

square

#BE8A8B #A5BE8A #8ABEBD #A38ABE

split-complementary

#BE8A8B #8ABEA3 #8AA5BE

monochromatic

#84494B #A86364 #BE8A8B #D4B1B2 #EAD9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BE8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BE8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A8B

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A8B	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.064 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2acac',
    500: '#be8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a8b;
$custom-light: #d2acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.846,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68433,
    "c": 0.06381,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A8B

secondary

#C9DBDB

accent

#A7A53E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A8B

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

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