#BF978C#BF978C

#BF978C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.051 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF978C
RGB	rgb(191, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(13, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 26.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 13.31, 11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 17.59, 40.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0412 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.051 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2867, 35.1047, 29.6177)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF978C #8CB4BF

analogous

#BF8C9B #BF978C #BFB18C

triadic

#BF978C #8CBF97 #978CBF

tetradic

#BF978C #9BBF8C #8CB4BF #B18CBF

square

#BF978C #9BBF8C #8CB4BF #B18CBF

split-complementary

#BF978C #8CBFB1 #8C9BBF

monochromatic

#86574B #A97365 #BF978C #D5BBB3 #EBDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BF978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF978C

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF978C	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.051 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b5ad',
    500: '#bf978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf978c;
$custom-light: #d3b5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.941,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71047,
    "c": 0.0509,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF978C

secondary

#CBD8DC

accent

#91A73E

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF978C

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

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