#BFAEA9#BFAEA9

#BFAEA9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.021 H 37.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAEA9
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 169)
HSL	hsl(14, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(14, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 5.24, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 7.09, 42.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0167 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.021 37)
XYZ	xyz(43.7828, 44.2138, 43.7561)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAEA9 #A9BABF

analogous

#BFA9AF #BFAEA9 #BFB9A9

triadic

#BFAEA9 #A9BFAE #AEA9BF

tetradic

#BFAEA9 #AFBFA9 #A9BABF #B9A9BF

square

#BFAEA9 #AFBFA9 #A9BABF #B9A9BF

split-complementary

#BFAEA9 #A9BFB9 #A9AFBF

monochromatic

#886D65 #A58D86 #BFAEA9 #D9CFCC #F2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFAEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BFAEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAEA9

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAEA9	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.021 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6c2',
    500: '#bfaea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaea9;
$custom-light: #d2c6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76381,
    "c": 0.02096,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.44213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAEA9

secondary

#DFE4E5

accent

#88994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAEA9

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

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