#BC9EA2#BC9EA2

#BC9EA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.036 H 9.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EA2
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(352, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(352, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 11.71, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 11.89, 9.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0354 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.036 9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4872, 37.7548, 39.3828)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EA2 #9EBCB8

analogous

#BC9EB1 #BC9EA2 #BCA99E

triadic

#BC9EA2 #A2BC9E #9EA2BC

tetradic

#BC9EA2 #B1BC9E #9EBCB8 #A99EBC

square

#BC9EA2 #B1BC9E #9EBCB8 #A99EBC

split-complementary

#BC9EA2 #9EBCA9 #9EB1BC

monochromatic

#845B61 #A37A7F #BC9EA2 #D5C2C5 #EEE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC9EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BC9EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EA2

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EA2	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)

#A2A2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.036 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0babd',
    500: '#bc9ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ea2;
$custom-light: #d0babd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72721,
    "c": 0.03587,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EA2

secondary

#D6E0DE

accent

#9D9149

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EA2

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

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