#BE8E8A#BE8E8A

#BE8E8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.059 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E8A
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(5, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 17.61, 9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 19.89, 27.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% 0.0539 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.059 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4963, 32.1300, 28.3718)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E8A #8ABABE

analogous

#BE8AA0 #BE8E8A #BEA88A

triadic

#BE8E8A #8ABE8E #8E8ABE

tetradic

#BE8E8A #A0BE8A #8ABABE #A88ABE

square

#BE8E8A #A0BE8A #8ABABE #A88ABE

split-complementary

#BE8E8A #8ABEA8 #8AA0BE

monochromatic

#844E49 #A86863 #BE8E8A #D4B4B1 #EADAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BE8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BE8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E8A

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E8A	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.059 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2afac',
    500: '#be8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e8a;
$custom-light: #d2afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6916,
    "c": 0.05905,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E8A

secondary

#C9DADB

accent

#9FA73E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E8A

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

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