#BFABA5#BFABA5

#BFABA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.025 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFABA5
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(14, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(14, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 6.20, 5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 8.44, 42.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.0197 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.025 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8399, 42.9197, 41.6176)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFABA5 #A5B9BF

analogous

#BFA5AC #BFABA5 #BFB8A5

triadic

#BFABA5 #A5BFAB #ABA5BF

tetradic

#BFABA5 #ACBFA5 #A5B9BF #B8A5BF

square

#BFABA5 #ACBFA5 #A5B9BF #B8A5BF

split-complementary

#BFABA5 #A5BFB8 #A5ACBF

monochromatic

#896A61 #A68A81 #BFABA5 #D8CCC9 #F2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BFABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BFABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFABA5

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFABA5	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.025 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c4bf',
    500: '#bfaba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaba5;
$custom-light: #d2c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75667,
    "c": 0.02483,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFABA5

secondary

#DCE2E4

accent

#889B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFABA5

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

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