#BFA8A8#BFA8A8

#BFA8A8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.027 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8A8
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 8.34, 3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 8.88, 20.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0256 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.027 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5559, 41.9097, 42.8858)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8A8 #A8BFBF

analogous

#BFA8B3 #BFA8A8 #BFB3A8

triadic

#BFA8A8 #A8BFA8 #A8A8BF

tetradic

#BFA8A8 #B3BFA8 #A8BFBF #B3A8BF

square

#BFA8A8 #B3BFA8 #A8BFBF #B3A8BF

split-complementary

#BFA8A8 #A8BFB3 #A8B3BF

monochromatic

#886464 #A58585 #BFA8A8 #D9CBCB #F2EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BFA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8A8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8A8	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.027 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c1c1',
    500: '#bfa8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8a8;
$custom-light: #d2c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75151,
    "c": 0.02685,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8A8

secondary

#DEE5E5

accent

#99994C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8A8

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

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