#BF9999#BF9999

#BF9999 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.046 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9999
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 14.14, 5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 15.13, 20.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0432 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.046 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6270, 36.1602, 35.0757)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9999 #99BFBF

analogous

#BF99AC #BF9999 #BFAC99

triadic

#BF9999 #99BF99 #9999BF

tetradic

#BF9999 #ACBF99 #99BFBF #AC99BF

square

#BF9999 #ACBF99 #99BFBF #AC99BF

split-complementary

#BF9999 #99BFAC #99ACBF

monochromatic

#885555 #A77373 #BF9999 #D7BFBF #EEE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BF9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9999

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9999	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.046 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7b7',
    500: '#bf9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9999;
$custom-light: #d3b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71781,
    "c": 0.04555,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9999

secondary

#D4E0E0

accent

#A1A144

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9999

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

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