#BF9CA3#BF9CA3

#BF9CA3 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.043 H 4.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CA3
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(348, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(348, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 14.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 14.09, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 14.14, 5.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0424 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.043 4.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9850, 37.4989, 39.7750)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CA3 #9CBFB8

analogous

#BF9CB4 #BF9CA3 #BFA69C

triadic

#BF9CA3 #A3BF9C #9CA3BF

tetradic

#BF9CA3 #B4BF9C #9CBFB8 #A69CBF

square

#BF9CA3 #B4BF9C #9CBFB8 #A69CBF

split-complementary

#BF9CA3 #9CBFA6 #9CB4BF

monochromatic

#885862 #A77780 #BF9CA3 #D7C1C6 #EFE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BF9CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BF9CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CA3

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CA3	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.043 4.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9be',
    500: '#bf9ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9ca3;
$custom-light: #d2b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72649,
    "c": 0.04255,
    "h": 4.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CA3

secondary

#D6E1DF

accent

#A08E46

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CA3

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

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