#BC9CB4#BC9CB4

#BC9CB4 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.050 H 335.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CB4
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(315, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(315, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 15.97, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 17.85, 333.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0453 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.05 335)
XYZ	xyz(40.8649, 37.7645, 48.3078)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CB4 #9CBCA4

analogous

#B49CBC #BC9CB4 #BC9CA4

triadic

#BC9CB4 #B4BC9C #9CB4BC

tetradic

#BC9CB4 #BCB49C #9CBCA4 #9CA4BC

square

#BC9CB4 #BCB49C #9CBCA4 #9CA4BC

split-complementary

#BC9CB4 #A4BC9C #9CBCB4

monochromatic

#845979 #A37898 #BC9CB4 #D5C0D0 #EDE5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC9CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BC9CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CB4

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CB4	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.050 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9ca',
    500: '#bc9cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cb4;
$custom-light: #d0b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72894,
    "c": 0.05002,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.37764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CB4

secondary

#D5DFD7

accent

#9E5D48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CB4

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

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