#BFAAA9#BFAAA9

#BFAAA9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.025 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAAA9
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(3, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(3, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 7.41, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 8.11, 23.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0229 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.025 21)
XYZ	xyz(43.0215, 42.6913, 43.5024)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAAA9 #A9BEBF

analogous

#BFA9B3 #BFAAA9 #BFB5A9

triadic

#BFAAA9 #A9BFAA #AAA9BF

tetradic

#BFAAA9 #B3BFA9 #A9BEBF #B5A9BF

square

#BFAAA9 #B3BFA9 #A9BEBF #B5A9BF

split-complementary

#BFAAA9 #A9BFB5 #A9B3BF

monochromatic

#886765 #A58786 #BFAAA9 #D9CDCC #F2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFAAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BFAAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAAA9

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAAA9	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.025 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c3c2',
    500: '#bfaaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaaa9;
$custom-light: #d2c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75579,
    "c": 0.0245,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.4269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAAA9

secondary

#DFE5E5

accent

#95994D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAAA9

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

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