#BF989F

sRGB: 191 / 152 / 159

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Shimmering rivers echo between distant mountains
Rising tides echo beyond eternity

#BF989F belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 152 green and 159 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 349.2° lands in the red region. Its 23.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 67.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.21:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 152, 159
HSL: 349.23°, 23.35%, 67.25%
HSV / HSB: 349.23°, 20.42%, 74.90%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 20.42%, 16.75%, 25.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 38.970, 36.037, 37.705
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 66.548, 15.643, 1.888
WCAG relative luminance: 0.36036
24-bit decimal: 12556447

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BF989F in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 8.21:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.56:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#98BFB8 sits half a turn (180°) from #BF989F on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BF989F #98BFB8

Analogous

#BF98B3 and #BFA598 sit 30° to either side of #BF989F. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BF98B3 #BF989F #BFA598

Triadic

#BF989F, #9FBF98 and #989FBF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BF989F #9FBF98 #989FBF

Split complementary

Start at #BF989F and look across the wheel. #98BFA5 and #98B2BF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BF989F #98BFA5 #98B2BF

Square

Starting with #BF989F, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B2BF98, #98BFB8, then #A598BF. Across the square, #BF989F pairs with #98BFB8, and #B2BF98 with #A598BF.

#BF989F #B2BF98 #98BFB8 #A598BF

Tetradic

#BF989F and #98BFB8 are opposites, as are #BFB898 and #989FBF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BF989F #BFB898 #98BFB8 #989FBF

Tints

Mixing #BF989F with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCADB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2EAEC, the mixture is 80% white.

#BF989F #CCADB2 #D9C1C5 #E5D6D9 #F2EAEC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BF989F with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #997A7F, keeps 80% of the original. By #261E20, the mixture is 80% black.

#BF989F #997A7F #735B5F #4C3D40 #261E20 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BF989F with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B29399, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8586, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BF989F #B29399 #A68E93 #998A8C #8D8586 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BF989F

RGB

rgb(191 152 159)

HSL

hsl(349.231 23.353% 67.255%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BF989F;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BF989F uses 191 red, 152 green and 159 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 59.6%

Blue 62.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BF989F is 0.0% cyan, 20.4% magenta, 16.8% yellow and 25.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 20.4%

Yellow 16.8%

Black 25.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB9999. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B99 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BF989F when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB9999 Nearest web-safe: #CC9999

Gradient to complement

#BF989F #B99FA3 #B2A5A7 #ACACAC #A5B2B0 #9FB9B4 #98BFB8

Color vision previews

Compare how #BF989F appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#9D9E9F

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#A6A49E

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C7959A

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AA9D9F

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AEA09E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BF989E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#A2A2A2

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B19DA0

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.52100 G 0.31399 B 0.34670

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.72488 G 0.60198 B 0.62403

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.48424 G 0.32086 B 0.34731

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.346 y 0.320 Y 36.037

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.098 M % 40.392 Y % 37.647

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111111 10011000 10011111