#BC9EA4#BC9EA4

#BC9EA4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.036 H 4.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EA4
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(348, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(348, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 12.04, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 12.09, 4.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0362 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.036 4.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6664, 37.8265, 40.3265)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EA4 #9EBCB6

analogous

#BC9EB3 #BC9EA4 #BCA79E

triadic

#BC9EA4 #A4BC9E #9EA4BC

tetradic

#BC9EA4 #B3BC9E #9EBCB6 #A79EBC

square

#BC9EA4 #B3BC9E #9EBCB6 #A79EBC

split-complementary

#BC9EA4 #9EBCA7 #9EB3BC

monochromatic

#845B64 #A37A82 #BC9EA4 #D5C2C6 #EEE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC9EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BC9EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EA4

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EA4	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.036 4.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0babe',
    500: '#bc9ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ea4;
$custom-light: #d0babe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7278,
    "c": 0.03632,
    "h": 4.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EA4

secondary

#D6E0DE

accent

#9D8C49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EA4

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

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