#BC9CA2#BC9CA2

#BC9CA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.039 H 5.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CA2
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(349, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(349, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 12.81, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 12.88, 5.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0386 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.039 5.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1489, 37.0781, 39.2700)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CA2 #9CBCB6

analogous

#BC9CB2 #BC9CA2 #BCA69C

triadic

#BC9CA2 #A2BC9C #9CA2BC

tetradic

#BC9CA2 #B2BC9C #9CBCB6 #A69CBC

square

#BC9CA2 #B2BC9C #9CBCB6 #A69CBC

split-complementary

#BC9CA2 #9CBCA6 #9CB2BC

monochromatic

#845961 #A37880 #BC9CA2 #D5C0C4 #EDE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BC9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BC9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CA2

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CA2	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.039 5.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9bd',
    500: '#bc9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ca2;
$custom-light: #d0b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72329,
    "c": 0.03875,
    "h": 5.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CA2

secondary

#D5DFDD

accent

#9E8E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CA2

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

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