#BC9CA4#BC9CA4

#BC9CA4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.039 H 1.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CA4
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(345, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(345, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 13.15, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 13.15, 1.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0394 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.039 1.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3281, 37.1498, 40.2137)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CA4 #9CBCB4

analogous

#BC9CB4 #BC9CA4 #BCA49C

triadic

#BC9CA4 #A4BC9C #9CA4BC

tetradic

#BC9CA4 #B4BC9C #9CBCB4 #A49CBC

square

#BC9CA4 #B4BC9C #9CBCB4 #A49CBC

split-complementary

#BC9CA4 #9CBCA4 #9CB4BC

monochromatic

#845964 #A37882 #BC9CA4 #D5C0C6 #EDE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BC9CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BC9CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CA4

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CA4	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)

#A0A1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.039 1.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9be',
    500: '#bc9ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ca4;
$custom-light: #d0b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.03937,
    "h": 1.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CA4

secondary

#D5DFDC

accent

#9E8848

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CA4

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

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