#BC9CA1#BC9CA1

#BC9CA1 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.039 H 7.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CA1
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 161)
HSL	hsl(351, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(351, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 14.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 12.65, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 12.78, 8.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0382 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.039 7.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0603, 37.0427, 38.8037)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CA1 #9CBCB7

analogous

#BC9CB1 #BC9CA1 #BCA79C

triadic

#BC9CA1 #A1BC9C #9CA1BC

tetradic

#BC9CA1 #B1BC9C #9CBCB7 #A79CBC

square

#BC9CA1 #B1BC9C #9CBCB7 #A79CBC

split-complementary

#BC9CA1 #9CBCA7 #9CB1BC

monochromatic

#845960 #A3787E #BC9CA1 #D5C0C4 #EDE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BC9CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BC9CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CA1

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CA1	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.039 7.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9bc',
    500: '#bc9ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ca1;
$custom-light: #d0b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.03852,
    "h": 7.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CA1

secondary

#D5DFDD

accent

#9E9048

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CA1

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

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