#BC9EA3#BC9EA3

#BC9EA3 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.036 H 6.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EA3
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(350, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(350, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 11.88, 1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 11.97, 7.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0358 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.036 6.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5765, 37.7905, 39.8528)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EA3 #9EBCB7

analogous

#BC9EB2 #BC9EA3 #BCA89E

triadic

#BC9EA3 #A3BC9E #9EA3BC

tetradic

#BC9EA3 #B2BC9E #9EBCB7 #A89EBC

square

#BC9EA3 #B2BC9E #9EBCB7 #A89EBC

split-complementary

#BC9EA3 #9EBCA8 #9EB2BC

monochromatic

#845B62 #A37A81 #BC9EA3 #D5C2C5 #EEE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC9EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BC9EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EA3

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EA3	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.036 6.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0babe',
    500: '#bc9ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ea3;
$custom-light: #d0babe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7275,
    "c": 0.03607,
    "h": 6.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EA3

secondary

#D6E0DE

accent

#9D8F49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EA3

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

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