#BF9993#BF9993

#BF9993 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.047 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9993
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 147)
HSL	hsl(8, 26%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(8, 23%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 23%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 13.23, 8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 15.74, 32.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0409 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.047 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1439, 35.9670, 32.5312)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9993 #93B9BF

analogous

#BF93A3 #BF9993 #BFAF93

triadic

#BF9993 #93BF99 #9993BF

tetradic

#BF9993 #A3BF93 #93B9BF #AF93BF

square

#BF9993 #A3BF93 #93B9BF #AF93BF

split-complementary

#BF9993 #93BFAF #93A3BF

monochromatic

#875850 #A8756D #BF9993 #D6BDB9 #EDE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BF9993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BF9993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9993

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9993	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.047 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7b2',
    500: '#bf9993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9993;
$custom-light: #d3b7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 25.581,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71618,
    "c": 0.04657,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9993

secondary

#D0DCDE

accent

#97A441

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F5

border

#D3D0CF

text

#141111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9993

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

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