#BC9CA0#BC9CA0

#BC9CA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.038 H 9.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CA0
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(353, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(353, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 12.48, 2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 12.70, 10.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0378 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.038 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9725, 37.0076, 38.3411)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CA0 #9CBCB8

analogous

#BC9CB0 #BC9CA0 #BCA89C

triadic

#BC9CA0 #A0BC9C #9CA0BC

tetradic

#BC9CA0 #B0BC9C #9CBCB8 #A89CBC

square

#BC9CA0 #B0BC9C #9CBCB8 #A89CBC

split-complementary

#BC9CA0 #9CBCA8 #9CB0BC

monochromatic

#84595F #A3787D #BC9CA0 #D5C0C3 #EDE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BC9CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BC9CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CA0

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CA0	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.038 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9bc',
    500: '#bc9ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ca0;
$custom-light: #d0b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7227,
    "c": 0.03834,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CA0

secondary

#D5DFDE

accent

#9E9348

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CA0

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

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