#BE978E#BE978E

#BE978E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.049 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE978E
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(11, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(11, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 25.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 13.21, 10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 16.74, 37.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0409 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.049 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1848, 35.0350, 30.3897)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE978E #8EB5BE

analogous

#BE8E9D #BE978E #BEAF8E

triadic

#BE978E #8EBE97 #978EBE

tetradic

#BE978E #9DBE8E #8EB5BE #AF8EBE

square

#BE978E #9DBE8E #8EB5BE #AF8EBE

split-complementary

#BE978E #8EBEAF #8E9DBE

monochromatic

#85574D #A87367 #BE978E #D4BBB5 #EBDFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BE978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BE978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE978E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE978E	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.049 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b5af',
    500: '#be978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be978e;
$custom-light: #d2b5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 26.966,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70996,
    "c": 0.04889,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE978E

secondary

#CCD9DC

accent

#92A640

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE978E

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

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