#BF978E#BF978E

#BF978E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.050 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF978E
RGB	rgb(191, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(11, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(11, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 25.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 13.59, 10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 17.14, 37.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.042 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.05 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4355, 35.1642, 30.4014)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF978E #8EB6BF

analogous

#BF8E9D #BF978E #BFAF8E

triadic

#BF978E #8EBF97 #978EBF

tetradic

#BF978E #9DBF8E #8EB6BF #AF8EBF

square

#BF978E #9DBF8E #8EB6BF #AF8EBF

split-complementary

#BF978E #8EBFAF #8E9DBF

monochromatic

#86574C #A97367 #BF978E #D5BBB5 #EBDFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BF978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BF978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF978E

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF978E	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#A09B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.050 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b5af',
    500: '#bf978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf978e;
$custom-light: #d3b5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.02,
    "s": 27.684,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71098,
    "c": 0.05007,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF978E

secondary

#CCDADD

accent

#93A63F

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF978E

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

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