#BF978D#BF978D

#BF978D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.050 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF978D
RGB	rgb(191, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(12, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(12, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 26.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 13.45, 10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 17.36, 39.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0417 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.05 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3607, 35.1343, 30.0078)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF978D #8DB5BF

analogous

#BF8D9C #BF978D #BFB08D

triadic

#BF978D #8DBF97 #978DBF

tetradic

#BF978D #9CBF8D #8DB5BF #B08DBF

square

#BF978D #9CBF8D #8DB5BF #B08DBF

split-complementary

#BF978D #8DBFB0 #8D9CBF

monochromatic

#86574B #A97366 #BF978D #D5BBB4 #EBDFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BF978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF978D

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF978D	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.050 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b5ae',
    500: '#bf978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf978d;
$custom-light: #d3b5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 28.09,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71072,
    "c": 0.05048,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF978D

secondary

#CBD9DC

accent

#92A73F

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF978D

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

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