#BFA8A5#BFA8A5

#BFA8A5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.027 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8A5
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(7, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(7, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 7.84, 4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 9.09, 30.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0244 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.027 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2797, 41.7992, 41.4309)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8A5 #A5BCBF

analogous

#BFA5AF #BFA8A5 #BFB5A5

triadic

#BFA8A5 #A5BFA8 #A8A5BF

tetradic

#BFA8A5 #AFBFA5 #A5BCBF #B5A5BF

square

#BFA8A5 #AFBFA5 #A5BCBF #B5A5BF

split-complementary

#BFA8A5 #A5BFB5 #A5AFBF

monochromatic

#896661 #A68581 #BFA8A5 #D8CBC9 #F2EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BFA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8A5

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8A5	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.027 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c1bf',
    500: '#bfa8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8a5;
$custom-light: #d2c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75067,
    "c": 0.02727,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8A5

secondary

#DCE3E4

accent

#929B4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8A5

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

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