#BE979E#BE979E

#BE979E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.048 H 6.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE979E
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(349, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(349, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 16.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 15.66, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 15.78, 6.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0473 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.048 6.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4734, 35.5504, 37.1764)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE979E #97BEB7

analogous

#BE97B2 #BE979E #BEA497

triadic

#BE979E #9EBE97 #979EBE

tetradic

#BE979E #B2BE97 #97BEB7 #A497BE

square

#BE979E #B2BE97 #97BEB7 #A497BE

split-complementary

#BE979E #97BEA4 #97B2BE

monochromatic

#87545D #A6717B #BE979E #D6BDC1 #EDE2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BE979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE979E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE979E	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.048 6.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b5ba',
    500: '#be979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be979e;
$custom-light: #d2b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.231,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71438,
    "c": 0.04755,
    "h": 6.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE979E

secondary

#D2DFDC

accent

#A29144

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE979E

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

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