#BFA8A9#BFA8A9

#BFA8A9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.027 H 14.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8A9
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(357, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(357, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, 8.50, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 8.88, 16.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.026 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.027 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6494, 41.9471, 43.3783)
Luminance	0.4195 (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

#BFA8A9 #A8BFBE

analogous

#BFA8B4 #BFA8A9 #BFB2A8

triadic

#BFA8A9 #A9BFA8 #A8A9BF

tetradic

#BFA8A9 #B4BFA8 #A8BFBE #B2A8BF

square

#BFA8A9 #B4BFA8 #A8BFBE #B2A8BF

split-complementary

#BFA8A9 #A8BFB2 #A8B4BF

monochromatic

#886466 #A58586 #BFA8A9 #D9CBCC #F2EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BFA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8A9

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8A9	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.027 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c1c2',
    500: '#bfa8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8a9;
$custom-light: #d2c1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7518,
    "c": 0.02686,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8A9

secondary

#DEE5E4

accent

#99964C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8A9

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

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