#BF8A8A#BF8A8A

#BF8A8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.065 H 18.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8A8A
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 20.21, 8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 21.75, 21.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.0616 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.065 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1625, 31.0902, 28.1888)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8A8A #8ABFBF

analogous

#BF8AA5 #BF8A8A #BFA58A

triadic

#BF8A8A #8ABF8A #8A8ABF

tetradic

#BF8A8A #A5BF8A #8ABFBF #A58ABF

square

#BF8A8A #A5BF8A #8ABFBF #A58ABF

split-complementary

#BF8A8A #8ABFA5 #8AA5BF

monochromatic

#864949 #A96262 #BF8A8A #D5B2B2 #EAD9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BF8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BF8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8A8A

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8A8A	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.065 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3acac',
    500: '#bf8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8a8a;
$custom-light: #d3acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68514,
    "c": 0.0651,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8A8A

secondary

#C9DCDC

accent

#A8A83E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8A8A

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

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