#BC9AA2#BC9AA2

#BC9AA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.042 H 2.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9AA2
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 162)
HSL	hsl(346, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(346, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 13.92, 0.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 13.93, 2.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0417 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.042 2.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8160, 36.4124, 39.1590)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9AA2 #9ABCB4

analogous

#BC9AB3 #BC9AA2 #BCA39A

triadic

#BC9AA2 #A2BC9A #9AA2BC

tetradic

#BC9AA2 #B3BC9A #9ABCB4 #A39ABC

square

#BC9AA2 #B3BC9A #9ABCB4 #A39ABC

split-complementary

#BC9AA2 #9ABCA3 #9AB3BC

monochromatic

#845862 #A47580 #BC9AA2 #D4BFC4 #EDE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BC9AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BC9AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9AA2

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9AA2	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.042 2.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7bd',
    500: '#bc9aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9aa2;
$custom-light: #d0b7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 20.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71939,
    "c": 0.04178,
    "h": 2.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9AA2

secondary

#D4DEDC

accent

#9F8A47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9AA2

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

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