#BFAAA5#BFAAA5

#BFAAA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.026 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAAA5
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(12, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(12, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 6.75, 5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 8.61, 38.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0213 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.026 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6517, 42.5434, 41.5549)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAAA5 #A5BABF

analogous

#BFA5AD #BFAAA5 #BFB7A5

triadic

#BFAAA5 #A5BFAA #AAA5BF

tetradic

#BFAAA5 #ADBFA5 #A5BABF #B7A5BF

square

#BFAAA5 #ADBFA5 #A5BABF #B7A5BF

split-complementary

#BFAAA5 #A5BFB7 #A5ADBF

monochromatic

#896961 #A68881 #BFAAA5 #D8CCC9 #F2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BFAAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAAA5

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAAA5	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.026 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c3bf',
    500: '#bfaaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaaa5;
$custom-light: #d2c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75466,
    "c": 0.02555,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAAA5

secondary

#DCE2E4

accent

#8C9B4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAAA5

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

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