#BFA8A6#BFA8A6

#BFA8A6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.027 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8A6
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(5, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(5, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 8.00, 4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 8.99, 27.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0.0248 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.027 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3710, 41.8358, 41.9121)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8A6 #A6BDBF

analogous

#BFA6B0 #BFA8A6 #BFB5A6

triadic

#BFA8A6 #A6BFA8 #A8A6BF

tetradic

#BFA8A6 #B0BFA6 #A6BDBF #B5A6BF

square

#BFA8A6 #B0BFA6 #A6BDBF #B5A6BF

split-complementary

#BFA8A6 #A6BFB5 #A6B0BF

monochromatic

#886562 #A58582 #BFA8A6 #D9CBCA #F2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BFA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8A6

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8A6	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.027 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c1c0',
    500: '#bfa8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8a6;
$custom-light: #d2c1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 16.34,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75095,
    "c": 0.02706,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8A6

secondary

#DDE3E4

accent

#949B4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8A6

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

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