#BF9997#BF9997

#BF9997 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.046 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9997
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(3, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(3, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 13.83, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 15.25, 24.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0425 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.046 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4632, 36.0947, 34.2131)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9997 #97BDBF

analogous

#BF97A9 #BF9997 #BFAD97

triadic

#BF9997 #97BF99 #9997BF

tetradic

#BF9997 #A9BF97 #97BDBF #AD97BF

square

#BF9997 #A9BF97 #97BDBF #AD97BF

split-complementary

#BF9997 #97BFAD #97A9BF

monochromatic

#885654 #A87471 #BF9997 #D6BEBD #EEE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BF9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BF9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9997

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9997	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.046 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7b5',
    500: '#bf9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9997;
$custom-light: #d3b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71726,
    "c": 0.04573,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9997

secondary

#D3DFDF

accent

#9EA243

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9997

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

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