#BC9EA9#BC9EA9

#BC9EA9 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.038 H 354.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EA9
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(338, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(338, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 12.90, -1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 12.99, 353.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0381 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.038 354)
XYZ	xyz(40.1269, 38.0107, 42.7514)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EA9 #9EBCB1

analogous

#BC9EB8 #BC9EA9 #BCA29E

triadic

#BC9EA9 #A9BC9E #9EA9BC

tetradic

#BC9EA9 #B8BC9E #9EBCB1 #A29EBC

square

#BC9EA9 #B8BC9E #9EBCB1 #A29EBC

split-complementary

#BC9EA9 #9EBCA2 #9EB8BC

monochromatic

#845B6A #A37A89 #BC9EA9 #D5C2C9 #EEE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC9EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BC9EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EA9

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EA9	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.038 354.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bac2',
    500: '#bc9ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ea9;
$custom-light: #d0bac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7293,
    "c": 0.03834,
    "h": 354
  },
  "luminance": 0.3801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EA9

secondary

#D6E0DC

accent

#9D7E49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EA9

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

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