#BF9896#BF9896

#BF9896 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.047 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9896
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(3, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(3, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 21.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 14.23, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 15.69, 24.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0437 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.047 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2194, 35.7364, 33.7329)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9896 #96BDBF

analogous

#BF96A9 #BF9896 #BFAD96

triadic

#BF9896 #96BF98 #9896BF

tetradic

#BF9896 #A9BF96 #96BDBF #AD96BF

square

#BF9896 #A9BF96 #96BDBF #AD96BF

split-complementary

#BF9896 #96BFAD #96A9BF

monochromatic

#885553 #A87370 #BF9896 #D6BDBC #EDE3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BF9896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BF9896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9896

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9896	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.047 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b6b4',
    500: '#bf9896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9896;
$custom-light: #d3b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.927,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71504,
    "c": 0.047,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9896

secondary

#D2DEDF

accent

#9EA343

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9896

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

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