#BC9DA2#BC9DA2

#BC9DA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.037 H 7.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DA2
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 162)
HSL	hsl(350, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(350, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 12.26, 1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 12.38, 7.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.037 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.037 7.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3174, 37.4151, 39.3261)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DA2 #9DBCB7

analogous

#BC9DB1 #BC9DA2 #BCA89D

triadic

#BC9DA2 #A2BC9D #9DA2BC

tetradic

#BC9DA2 #B1BC9D #9DBCB7 #A89DBC

square

#BC9DA2 #B1BC9D #9DBCB7 #A89DBC

split-complementary

#BC9DA2 #9DBCA8 #9DB1BC

monochromatic

#845A61 #A37980 #BC9DA2 #D5C1C4 #EEE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BC9DA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BC9DA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DA2

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DA2	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9da2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.037 7.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0babd',
    500: '#bc9da2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9da2;
$custom-light: #d0babd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9da2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.323,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.0373,
    "h": 7.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DA2

secondary

#D6DFDE

accent

#9D8F48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DA2

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

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