#BC9CA8#BC9CA8

#BC9CA8 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.041 H 353.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CA8
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(338, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(338, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 13.83, -1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 13.95, 352.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0409 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.041 353.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6950, 37.2966, 42.1461)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CA8 #9CBCB0

analogous

#BC9CB8 #BC9CA8 #BCA09C

triadic

#BC9CA8 #A8BC9C #9CA8BC

tetradic

#BC9CA8 #B8BC9C #9CBCB0 #A09CBC

square

#BC9CA8 #B8BC9C #9CBCB0 #A09CBC

split-complementary

#BC9CA8 #9CBCA0 #9CB8BC

monochromatic

#845969 #A37888 #BC9CA8 #D5C0C8 #EDE5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BC9CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BC9CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CA8

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CA8	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.041 353.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9c1',
    500: '#bc9ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ca8;
$custom-light: #d0b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.5,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7251,
    "c": 0.04114,
    "h": 353.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CA8

secondary

#D5DFDB

accent

#9E7D48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CA8

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

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