#BF9899#BF9899

#BF9899 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.047 H 16.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9899
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(358, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(358, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 14.69, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 15.53, 18.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0449 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.047 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4641, 35.8342, 35.0214)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9899 #98BFBE

analogous

#BF98AC #BF9899 #BFAB98

triadic

#BF9899 #99BF98 #9899BF

tetradic

#BF9899 #ACBF98 #98BFBE #AB98BF

square

#BF9899 #ACBF98 #98BFBE #AB98BF

split-complementary

#BF9899 #98BFAB #98ACBF

monochromatic

#885556 #A87274 #BF9899 #D6BEBE #EEE3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF9899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BF9899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9899

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9899	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.047 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b6b7',
    500: '#bf9899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9899;
$custom-light: #d3b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.462,
    "s": 23.353,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71587,
    "c": 0.0468,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9899

secondary

#D3E0DF

accent

#A29F44

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9899

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

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