#BF978B#BF978B

#BF978B is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.051 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF978B
RGB	rgb(191, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(14, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(14, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 13.17, 12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 17.83, 42.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0408 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.051 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2133, 35.0753, 29.2311)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF978B #8BB3BF

analogous

#BF8B99 #BF978B #BFB18B

triadic

#BF978B #8BBF97 #978BBF

tetradic

#BF978B #99BF8B #8BB3BF #B18BBF

square

#BF978B #99BF8B #8BB3BF #B18BBF

split-complementary

#BF978B #8BBFB1 #8B99BF

monochromatic

#86584A #A97464 #BF978B #D5BAB2 #EBDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BF978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF978B

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF978B	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)

#A09B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.051 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b5ac',
    500: '#bf978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf978b;
$custom-light: #d3b5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71021,
    "c": 0.05136,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF978B

secondary

#CAD8DC

accent

#8FA83E

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF978B

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

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