#BC9EA5#BC9EA5

#BC9EA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.037 H 2.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EA5
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(346, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(346, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 12.21, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 12.22, 2.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0366 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.037 2.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7571, 37.8628, 40.8040)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EA5 #9EBCB5

analogous

#BC9EB4 #BC9EA5 #BCA69E

triadic

#BC9EA5 #A5BC9E #9EA5BC

tetradic

#BC9EA5 #B4BC9E #9EBCB5 #A69EBC

square

#BC9EA5 #B4BC9E #9EBCB5 #A69EBC

split-complementary

#BC9EA5 #9EBCA6 #9EB4BC

monochromatic

#845B65 #A37A83 #BC9EA5 #D5C2C7 #EEE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC9EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BC9EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EA5

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EA5	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)

#A2A2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.037 2.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0babf',
    500: '#bc9ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ea5;
$custom-light: #d0babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72809,
    "c": 0.03663,
    "h": 2.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EA5

secondary

#D6E0DD

accent

#9D8949

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EA5

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

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