#BF9990#BF9990

#BF9990 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.048 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9990
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(11, 27%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(11, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 24.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 12.78, 10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 16.29, 38.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0397 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.048 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9116, 35.8740, 31.3075)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9990 #90B6BF

analogous

#BF909E #BF9990 #BFB090

triadic

#BF9990 #90BF99 #9990BF

tetradic

#BF9990 #9EBF90 #90B6BF #B090BF

square

#BF9990 #9EBF90 #90B6BF #B090BF

split-complementary

#BF9990 #90BFB0 #909EBF

monochromatic

#87594E #A97569 #BF9990 #D5BDB7 #ECE0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF9990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BF9990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9990

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9990	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)

#A19D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.048 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7b0',
    500: '#bf9990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9990;
$custom-light: #d3b7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.489,
    "s": 26.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71539,
    "c": 0.0476,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9990

secondary

#CEDADD

accent

#92A540

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9990

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

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