#BF8A8B#BF8A8B

#BF8A8B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.065 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8A8B
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(359, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(359, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 20.36, 7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 21.69, 20.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% 0.062 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.065 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2353, 31.1193, 28.5718)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8A8B #8ABFBE

analogous

#BF8AA6 #BF8A8B #BFA48A

triadic

#BF8A8B #8BBF8A #8A8BBF

tetradic

#BF8A8B #A6BF8A #8ABFBE #A48ABF

square

#BF8A8B #A6BF8A #8ABFBE #A48ABF

split-complementary

#BF8A8B #8ABFA4 #8AA6BF

monochromatic

#86494A #A96264 #BF8A8B #D5B2B2 #EAD9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BF8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BF8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8A8B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8A8B	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)

#94918B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.065 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3acac',
    500: '#bf8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8a8b;
$custom-light: #d3acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.868,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68541,
    "c": 0.06505,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8A8B

secondary

#C9DCDB

accent

#A8A63E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8A8B

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

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