#BF9EA5#BF9EA5

#BF9EA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.040 H 3.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9EA5
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(347, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(347, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 13.32, 0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 13.35, 4.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.04 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.04 3.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5040, 38.2479, 40.8390)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9EA5 #9EBFB8

analogous

#BF9EB5 #BF9EA5 #BFA79E

triadic

#BF9EA5 #A5BF9E #9EA5BF

tetradic

#BF9EA5 #B5BF9E #9EBFB8 #A79EBF

square

#BF9EA5 #B5BF9E #9EBFB8 #A79EBF

split-complementary

#BF9EA5 #9EBFA7 #9EB5BF

monochromatic

#895A64 #A77983 #BF9EA5 #D7C3C7 #F0E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BF9EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BF9EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9EA5

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9EA5	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.040 3.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2babf',
    500: '#bf9ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9ea5;
$custom-light: #d2babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.273,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73096,
    "c": 0.04011,
    "h": 3.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9EA5

secondary

#D7E1DF

accent

#9F8C47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9EA5

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

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