#BC9EA8#BC9EA8

#BC9EA8 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.038 H 356.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EA8
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(340, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(340, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 12.73, -1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 12.77, 355.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0378 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.038 356)
XYZ	xyz(40.0334, 37.9733, 42.2589)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EA8 #9EBCB2

analogous

#BC9EB7 #BC9EA8 #BCA39E

triadic

#BC9EA8 #A8BC9E #9EA8BC

tetradic

#BC9EA8 #B7BC9E #9EBCB2 #A39EBC

square

#BC9EA8 #B7BC9E #9EBCB2 #A39EBC

split-complementary

#BC9EA8 #9EBCA3 #9EB7BC

monochromatic

#845B69 #A37A88 #BC9EA8 #D5C2C8 #EEE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC9EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BC9EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EA8

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EA8	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.038 356.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bac1',
    500: '#bc9ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ea8;
$custom-light: #d0bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.03784,
    "h": 356
  },
  "luminance": 0.37972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EA8

secondary

#D6E0DC

accent

#9D8149

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EA8

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

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