#BF8B8A#BF8B8A

#BF8B8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.064 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8B8A
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(1, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 19.66, 8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 21.37, 23.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% 0.06 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.064 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3067, 31.3785, 28.2368)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8B8A #8ABEBF

analogous

#BF8AA4 #BF8B8A #BFA68A

triadic

#BF8B8A #8ABF8B #8B8ABF

tetradic

#BF8B8A #A4BF8A #8ABEBF #A68ABF

square

#BF8B8A #A4BF8A #8ABEBF #A68ABF

split-complementary

#BF8B8A #8ABFA6 #8AA4BF

monochromatic

#864A49 #A96462 #BF8B8A #D5B2B2 #EAD9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BF8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BF8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8B8A

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8B8A	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.064 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adac',
    500: '#bf8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8b8a;
$custom-light: #d3adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.132,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68701,
    "c": 0.06385,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8B8A

secondary

#C9DBDC

accent

#A6A83E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8B8A

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

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