#BC8CAA#BC8CAA

#BC8CAA is a light, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.071 H 341.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CAA
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(323, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(323, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 23.06, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 24.63, 339.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0669 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.071 341.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3725, 32.3512, 42.2982)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CAA #8CBC9E

analogous

#B68CBC #BC8CAA #BC8C92

triadic

#BC8CAA #AABC8C #8CAABC

tetradic

#BC8CAA #BCB68C #8CBC9E #8C92BC

square

#BC8CAA #BCB68C #8CBC9E #8C92BC

split-complementary

#BC8CAA #92BC8C #8CBCB6

monochromatic

#824C6E #A5658D #BC8CAA #D3B3C7 #E9D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BC8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CAA

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CAA	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.071 341.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aec3',
    500: '#bc8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8caa;
$custom-light: #d0aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.5,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69542,
    "c": 0.07069,
    "h": 341.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CAA

secondary

#CADAD0

accent

#A56641

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F7

border

#D2CED0

text

#141012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CAA

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

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