#BC9EA1#BC9EA1

#BC9EA1 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.036 H 11.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EA1
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(354, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(354, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 14.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 11.54, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 11.83, 12.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.035 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.036 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3987, 37.7194, 38.9165)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EA1 #9EBCB9

analogous

#BC9EB0 #BC9EA1 #BCAA9E

triadic

#BC9EA1 #A1BC9E #9EA1BC

tetradic

#BC9EA1 #B0BC9E #9EBCB9 #AA9EBC

square

#BC9EA1 #B0BC9E #9EBCB9 #AA9EBC

split-complementary

#BC9EA1 #9EBCAA #9EB0BC

monochromatic

#845B5F #A37A7E #BC9EA1 #D5C2C4 #EEE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC9EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BC9EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EA1

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EA1	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.036 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0babc',
    500: '#bc9ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ea1;
$custom-light: #d0babc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72692,
    "c": 0.03572,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EA1

secondary

#D6E0DF

accent

#9D9449

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EA1

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

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