#BC9DA3#BC9DA3

#BC9DA3 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.038 H 5.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DA3
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 163)
HSL	hsl(348, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(348, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 12.43, 1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 12.48, 5.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.0374 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.038 5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4066, 37.4508, 39.7961)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DA3 #9DBCB6

analogous

#BC9DB2 #BC9DA3 #BCA69D

triadic

#BC9DA3 #A3BC9D #9DA3BC

tetradic

#BC9DA3 #B2BC9D #9DBCB6 #A69DBC

square

#BC9DA3 #B2BC9D #9DBCB6 #A69DBC

split-complementary

#BC9DA3 #9DBCA6 #9DB2BC

monochromatic

#845A62 #A37981 #BC9DA3 #D5C1C5 #EEE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BC9DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BC9DA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DA3

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DA3	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.038 5.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0babe',
    500: '#bc9da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9da3;
$custom-light: #d0babe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.387,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.03753,
    "h": 5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DA3

secondary

#D6DFDD

accent

#9D8D48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DA3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →