#BC8599#BC8599

#BC8599 is a light, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.072 H 355.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8599
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 153)
HSL	hsl(338, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(338, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 24.11, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 24.21, 354.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0721 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.072 355.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8766, 29.7681, 34.0396)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8599 #85BCA8

analogous

#BC85B4 #BC8599 #BC8C85

triadic

#BC8599 #99BC85 #8599BC

tetradic

#BC8599 #B4BC85 #85BCA8 #8C85BC

square

#BC8599 #B4BC85 #85BCA8 #8C85BC

split-complementary

#BC8599 #85BC8C #85B4BC

monochromatic

#80465B #A65D78 #BC8599 #D2ADBA #E7D4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BC8599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8599

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8599	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.072 355.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9b7',
    500: '#bc8599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8599;
$custom-light: #d1a9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.182,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67701,
    "c": 0.07226,
    "h": 355.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8599

secondary

#C4D8D1

accent

#A8813E

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F6

border

#D2CED0

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8599

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

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