#BF8A8D#BF8A8D

#BF8A8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.065 H 15.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8A8D
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(357, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(357, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 26.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, 20.64, 6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 21.62, 17.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0628 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.065 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3827, 31.1783, 29.3485)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8A8D #8ABFBC

analogous

#BF8AA8 #BF8A8D #BFA28A

triadic

#BF8A8D #8DBF8A #8A8DBF

tetradic

#BF8A8D #A8BF8A #8ABFBC #A28ABF

square

#BF8A8D #A8BF8A #8ABFBC #A28ABF

split-complementary

#BF8A8D #8ABFA2 #8AA8BF

monochromatic

#86494C #A96266 #BF8A8D #D5B2B4 #EAD9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BF8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#BF8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8A8D

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8A8D	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.065 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3acae',
    500: '#bf8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8a8d;
$custom-light: #d3acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.604,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68596,
    "c": 0.06505,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8A8D

secondary

#C9DCDB

accent

#A8A23E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8A8D

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

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