#BFABA9#BFABA9

#BFABA9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.023 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFABA9
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(5, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(5, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, 6.87, 3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 7.78, 28.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.0213 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.023 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2097, 43.0676, 43.5651)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFABA9 #A9BDBF

analogous

#BFA9B2 #BFABA9 #BFB6A9

triadic

#BFABA9 #A9BFAB #ABA9BF

tetradic

#BFABA9 #B2BFA9 #A9BDBF #B6A9BF

square

#BFABA9 #B2BFA9 #A9BDBF #B6A9BF

split-complementary

#BFABA9 #A9BFB6 #A9B2BF

monochromatic

#886965 #A58986 #BFABA9 #D9CDCC #F2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BFABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFABA9

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFABA9	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.023 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c4c2',
    500: '#bfaba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaba9;
$custom-light: #d2c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75779,
    "c": 0.02345,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFABA9

secondary

#DFE4E5

accent

#92994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFABA9

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

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