#BE978C#BE978C

#BE978C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.050 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE978C
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(13, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 26.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 12.92, 11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 17.19, 41.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0401 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.05 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0360, 34.9754, 29.6059)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE978C #8CB3BE

analogous

#BE8C9A #BE978C #BEB08C

triadic

#BE978C #8CBE97 #978CBE

tetradic

#BE978C #9ABE8C #8CB3BE #B08CBE

square

#BE978C #9ABE8C #8CB3BE #B08CBE

split-complementary

#BE978C #8CBEB0 #8C9ABE

monochromatic

#85584B #A87465 #BE978C #D4BAB3 #EADEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BE978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE978C

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE978C	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.050 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b5ad',
    500: '#be978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be978c;
$custom-light: #d2b5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.2,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70945,
    "c": 0.04974,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE978C

secondary

#CAD8DB

accent

#90A63F

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE978C

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

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