#BF8E8A#BF8E8A

#BF8E8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.060 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8E8A
RGB	rgb(191, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(5, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(5, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 18.00, 9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 20.31, 27.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0551 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.06 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7470, 32.2592, 28.3836)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8E8A #8ABBBF

analogous

#BF8AA1 #BF8E8A #BFA98A

triadic

#BF8E8A #8ABF8E #8E8ABF

tetradic

#BF8E8A #A1BF8A #8ABBBF #A98ABF

square

#BF8E8A #A1BF8A #8ABBBF #A98ABF

split-complementary

#BF8E8A #8ABFA9 #8AA1BF

monochromatic

#864E49 #A96862 #BF8E8A #D5B4B2 #EADAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BF8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BF8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8E8A

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8E8A	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.060 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3afac',
    500: '#bf8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8e8a;
$custom-light: #d3afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.528,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69267,
    "c": 0.06028,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8E8A

secondary

#C9DADC

accent

#A0A83E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8E8A

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

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