#BF978A#BF978A

#BF978A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.052 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF978A
RGB	rgb(191, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(15, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(15, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 13.02, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 18.09, 43.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0404 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.052 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1405, 35.0462, 28.8481)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF978A #8AB2BF

analogous

#BF8A98 #BF978A #BFB28A

triadic

#BF978A #8ABF97 #978ABF

tetradic

#BF978A #98BF8A #8AB2BF #B28ABF

square

#BF978A #98BF8A #8AB2BF #B28ABF

split-complementary

#BF978A #8ABFB2 #8A98BF

monochromatic

#865849 #A97462 #BF978A #D5BAB2 #EADDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BF978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF978A

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF978A	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.052 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b5ac',
    500: '#bf978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf978a;
$custom-light: #d3b5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.717,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70996,
    "c": 0.05185,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF978A

secondary

#C9D7DC

accent

#8EA83E

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF978A

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

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