#BE9CA4#BE9CA4

#BE9CA4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.042 H 2.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9CA4
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(346, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(346, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 13.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 13.89, 0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 13.90, 2.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0416 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.042 2.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8243, 37.4057, 40.2370)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9CA4 #9CBEB6

analogous

#BE9CB5 #BE9CA4 #BEA59C

triadic

#BE9CA4 #A4BE9C #9CA4BE

tetradic

#BE9CA4 #B5BE9C #9CBEB6 #A59CBE

square

#BE9CA4 #B5BE9C #9CBEB6 #A59CBE

split-complementary

#BE9CA4 #9CBEA5 #9CB5BE

monochromatic

#875964 #A67782 #BE9CA4 #D6C1C6 #EFE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BE9CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BE9CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9CA4

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9CA4	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.042 2.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9be',
    500: '#be9ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9ca4;
$custom-light: #d2b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72581,
    "c": 0.04168,
    "h": 2.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9CA4

secondary

#D6E0DE

accent

#9F8A46

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9CA4

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

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