#BF998E#BF998E

#BF998E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.048 H 36.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF998E
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(13, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 25.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 12.49, 11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 16.75, 41.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0388 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.048 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7601, 35.8134, 30.5096)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF998E #8EB4BF

analogous

#BF8E9B #BF998E #BFB18E

triadic

#BF998E #8EBF99 #998EBF

tetradic

#BF998E #9BBF8E #8EB4BF #B18EBF

square

#BF998E #9BBF8E #8EB4BF #B18EBF

split-complementary

#BF998E #8EBFB1 #8E9BBF

monochromatic

#86594C #A97667 #BF998E #D5BCB5 #EBE0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BF998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF998E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF998E	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)

#A29D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.048 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7af',
    500: '#bf998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf998e;
$custom-light: #d3b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.469,
    "s": 27.684,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71487,
    "c": 0.04845,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF998E

secondary

#CCD9DD

accent

#8FA63F

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF998E

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

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