#BC9BAD#BC9BAD

#BC9BAD is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.046 H 344.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BAD
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(327, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(327, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 15.26, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 15.98, 342.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0443 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.046 344.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0026, 37.1522, 44.5909)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BAD #9BBCAA

analogous

#BA9BBC #BC9BAD #BC9B9D

triadic

#BC9BAD #ADBC9B #9BADBC

tetradic

#BC9BAD #BCBA9B #9BBCAA #9B9DBC

square

#BC9BAD #BCBA9B #9BBCAA #9B9DBC

split-complementary

#BC9BAD #9DBC9B #9BBCBA

monochromatic

#845970 #A3768F #BC9BAD #D5C0CB #EDE4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BC9BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BC9BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BAD

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BAD	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.046 344.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8c5',
    500: '#bc9bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bad;
$custom-light: #d0b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.273,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.04604,
    "h": 344.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BAD

secondary

#D4DFD9

accent

#9E6F47

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BAD

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

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