#BC9BA2#BC9BA2

#BC9BA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.040 H 3.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BA2
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 162)
HSL	hsl(347, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(347, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 13.37, 0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 13.40, 4.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0402 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.04 3.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9818, 36.7439, 39.2143)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BA2 #9BBCB5

analogous

#BC9BB2 #BC9BA2 #BCA59B

triadic

#BC9BA2 #A2BC9B #9BA2BC

tetradic

#BC9BA2 #B2BC9B #9BBCB5 #A59BBC

square

#BC9BA2 #B2BC9B #9BBCB5 #A59BBC

split-complementary

#BC9BA2 #9BBCA5 #9BB2BC

monochromatic

#845962 #A37680 #BC9BA2 #D5C0C4 #EDE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BC9BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BC9BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BA2

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BA2	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.040 3.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8bd',
    500: '#bc9ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ba2;
$custom-light: #d0b8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.273,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.04025,
    "h": 3.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BA2

secondary

#D4DFDC

accent

#9E8C47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BA2

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

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