#BF8979#BF8979

#BF8979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.071 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8979
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(14, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(14, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 18.52, 16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 24.98, 42.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% 0.0564 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.071 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8839, 30.3503, 22.1589)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8979 #79AFBF

analogous

#BF798C #BF8979 #BFAC79

triadic

#BF8979 #79BF89 #8979BF

tetradic

#BF8979 #8CBF79 #79AFBF #AC79BF

square

#BF8979 #8CBF79 #79AFBF #AC79BF

split-complementary

#BF8979 #79BFAC #798CBF

monochromatic

#804D3D #AA6551 #BF8979 #D3ADA2 #E7D2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BF8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BF8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8979

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8979	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.071 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab9f',
    500: '#bf8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8979;
$custom-light: #d4ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67901,
    "c": 0.07072,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8979

secondary

#BDD1D7

accent

#93AE37

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8979

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

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