#BC9CAE#BC9CAE

#BC9CAE is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.045 H 343.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CAE
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(326, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(326, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 14.88, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 15.67, 341.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0431 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.045 343.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2669, 37.5253, 45.1581)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CAE #9CBCAA

analogous

#BA9CBC #BC9CAE #BC9C9E

triadic

#BC9CAE #AEBC9C #9CAEBC

tetradic

#BC9CAE #BCBA9C #9CBCAA #9C9EBC

square

#BC9CAE #BCBA9C #9CBCAA #9C9EBC

split-complementary

#BC9CAE #9EBC9C #9CBCBA

monochromatic

#845971 #A37890 #BC9CAE #D5C0CC #EDE5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BC9CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BC9CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CAE

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CAE	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.045 343.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9c6',
    500: '#bc9cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cae;
$custom-light: #d0b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.25,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72698,
    "c": 0.04501,
    "h": 343.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CAE

secondary

#D5DFD9

accent

#9E6D48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CAE

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

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