#BF8F8A#BF8F8A

#BF8F8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.059 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8F8A
RGB	rgb(191, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(6, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(6, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 17.44, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 19.99, 29.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0534 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.059 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8965, 32.5581, 28.4334)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8F8A #8ABABF

analogous

#BF8AA0 #BF8F8A #BFAA8A

triadic

#BF8F8A #8ABF8F #8F8ABF

tetradic

#BF8F8A #A0BF8A #8ABABF #AA8ABF

square

#BF8F8A #A0BF8A #8ABABF #AA8ABF

split-complementary

#BF8F8A #8ABFAA #8AA0BF

monochromatic

#864F49 #A96962 #BF8F8A #D5B5B2 #EADBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BF8F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BF8F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8F8A

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8F8A	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.059 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b0ac',
    500: '#bf8f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8f8a;
$custom-light: #d3b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.66,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69456,
    "c": 0.05917,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8F8A

secondary

#C9DADC

accent

#9EA83E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8F8A

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

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