#BC8CA5#BC8CA5

#BC8CA5 is a light, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.067 H 346.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CA5
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(329, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(329, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 22.20, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 23.00, 344.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0651 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.067 346.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9085, 32.1656, 39.8544)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CA5 #8CBCA3

analogous

#BB8CBC #BC8CA5 #BC8C8D

triadic

#BC8CA5 #A5BC8C #8CA5BC

tetradic

#BC8CA5 #BCBB8C #8CBCA3 #8C8DBC

square

#BC8CA5 #BCBB8C #8CBCA3 #8C8DBC

split-complementary

#BC8CA5 #8DBC8C #8CBCBB

monochromatic

#824C68 #A56587 #BC8CA5 #D3B3C3 #E9D9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC8CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BC8CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CA5

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CA5	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.067 346.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aebf',
    500: '#bc8ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ca5;
$custom-light: #d0aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.75,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69375,
    "c": 0.06702,
    "h": 346.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CA5

secondary

#CADAD2

accent

#A57141

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F7

border

#D2CED0

text

#141012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CA5

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

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