#BE9CA2#BE9CA2

#BE9CA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.041 H 6.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9CA2
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(349, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(349, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 14.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 13.55, 1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 13.65, 6.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0409 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.041 6.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6451, 37.3340, 39.2932)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9CA2 #9CBEB8

analogous

#BE9CB3 #BE9CA2 #BEA79C

triadic

#BE9CA2 #A2BE9C #9CA2BE

tetradic

#BE9CA2 #B3BE9C #9CBEB8 #A79CBE

square

#BE9CA2 #B3BE9C #9CBEB8 #A79CBE

split-complementary

#BE9CA2 #9CBEA7 #9CB3BE

monochromatic

#875961 #A6777F #BE9CA2 #D6C1C5 #EFE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BE9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BE9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9CA2

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9CA2	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.041 6.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9bd',
    500: '#be9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9ca2;
$custom-light: #d2b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.04111,
    "h": 6.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9CA2

secondary

#D6E0DE

accent

#9F8F46

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9CA2

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

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