#BC8CA8#BC8CA8

#BC8CA8 is a light, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.069 H 343.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CA8
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(325, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(325, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, 22.71, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 23.95, 341.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0662 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.069 343.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1848, 32.2761, 41.3094)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CA8 #8CBCA0

analogous

#B88CBC #BC8CA8 #BC8C90

triadic

#BC8CA8 #A8BC8C #8CA8BC

tetradic

#BC8CA8 #BCB88C #8CBCA0 #8C90BC

square

#BC8CA8 #BCB88C #8CBCA0 #8C90BC

split-complementary

#BC8CA8 #90BC8C #8CBCB8

monochromatic

#824C6B #A5658B #BC8CA8 #D3B3C5 #E9D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BC8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CA8

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CA8	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.069 343.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aec1',
    500: '#bc8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ca8;
$custom-light: #d0aec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69475,
    "c": 0.06916,
    "h": 343.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CA8

secondary

#CADAD1

accent

#A56A41

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F7

border

#D2CED0

text

#141012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CA8

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

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