#BF8C8A#BF8C8A

#BF8C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.063 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8C8A
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(2, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 19.11, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 21.00, 24.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% 0.0583 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.063 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4521, 31.6694, 28.2853)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8C8A #8ABDBF

analogous

#BF8AA3 #BF8C8A #BFA78A

triadic

#BF8C8A #8ABF8C #8C8ABF

tetradic

#BF8C8A #A3BF8A #8ABDBF #A78ABF

square

#BF8C8A #A3BF8A #8ABDBF #A78ABF

split-complementary

#BF8C8A #8ABFA7 #8AA3BF

monochromatic

#864B49 #A96562 #BF8C8A #D5B3B2 #EADAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BF8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BF8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8C8A

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8C8A	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.063 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aeac',
    500: '#bf8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8c8a;
$custom-light: #d3aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.264,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68889,
    "c": 0.06262,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8C8A

secondary

#C9DBDC

accent

#A4A83E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8C8A

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

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