#BC9CA3#BC9CA3

#BC9CA3 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.039 H 3.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CA3
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(347, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(347, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 12.98, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 13.00, 3.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.039 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.039 3.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2381, 37.1138, 39.7400)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CA3 #9CBCB5

analogous

#BC9CB3 #BC9CA3 #BCA59C

triadic

#BC9CA3 #A3BC9C #9CA3BC

tetradic

#BC9CA3 #B3BC9C #9CBCB5 #A59CBC

square

#BC9CA3 #B3BC9C #9CBCB5 #A59CBC

split-complementary

#BC9CA3 #9CBCA5 #9CB3BC

monochromatic

#845963 #A37881 #BC9CA3 #D5C0C5 #EDE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BC9CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BC9CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CA3

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CA3	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#A0A1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.039 3.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9be',
    500: '#bc9ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ca3;
$custom-light: #d0b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.875,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72358,
    "c": 0.03904,
    "h": 3.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CA3

secondary

#D5DFDD

accent

#9E8B48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CA3

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

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