#BE9999#BE9999

#BE9999 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.044 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9999
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 13.76, 5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 14.72, 20.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0421 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.044 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3764, 36.0310, 35.0640)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9999 #99BEBE

analogous

#BE99AC #BE9999 #BEAC99

triadic

#BE9999 #99BE99 #9999BE

tetradic

#BE9999 #ACBE99 #99BEBE #AC99BE

square

#BE9999 #ACBE99 #99BEBE #AC99BE

split-complementary

#BE9999 #99BEAC #99ACBE

monochromatic

#875656 #A67474 #BE9999 #D6BEBE #EEE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BE9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9999

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9999	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.044 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7b7',
    500: '#be9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9999;
$custom-light: #d2b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.04434,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9999

secondary

#D4DFDF

accent

#A1A145

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9999

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

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