#BF998D#BF998D

#BF998D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.049 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF998D
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(14, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(14, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 26.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 12.35, 11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 17.00, 43.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0384 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.049 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6853, 35.7835, 30.1160)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF998D #8DB3BF

analogous

#BF8D9A #BF998D #BFB28D

triadic

#BF998D #8DBF99 #998DBF

tetradic

#BF998D #9ABF8D #8DB3BF #B28DBF

square

#BF998D #9ABF8D #8DB3BF #B28DBF

split-complementary

#BF998D #8DBFB2 #8D9ABF

monochromatic

#86594B #A97666 #BF998D #D5BCB4 #EBDFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BF998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF998D

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF998D	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.049 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7ae',
    500: '#bf998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf998d;
$custom-light: #d3b7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.4,
    "s": 28.09,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.04893,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF998D

secondary

#CBD8DC

accent

#8EA73F

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF998D

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

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