#BE978D#BE978D

#BE978D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.049 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE978D
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(12, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(12, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 25.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 13.06, 10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 16.96, 39.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0405 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.049 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1100, 35.0051, 29.9960)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE978D #8DB4BE

analogous

#BE8D9C #BE978D #BEB08D

triadic

#BE978D #8DBE97 #978DBE

tetradic

#BE978D #9CBE8D #8DB4BE #B08DBE

square

#BE978D #9CBE8D #8DB4BE #B08DBE

split-complementary

#BE978D #8DBEB0 #8D9CBE

monochromatic

#85574C #A87366 #BE978D #D4BBB4 #EADEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BE978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BE978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE978D

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE978D	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.049 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b5ae',
    500: '#be978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be978d;
$custom-light: #d2b5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.245,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70971,
    "c": 0.0493,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE978D

secondary

#CBD8DC

accent

#91A640

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE978D

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

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