#BC9EB0#BC9EB0

#BC9EB0 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.043 H 341.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EB0
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 176)
HSL	hsl(324, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(324, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 14.13, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 15.05, 339.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0408 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.043 341.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8017, 38.2806, 46.3054)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EB0 #9EBCAA

analogous

#B99EBC #BC9EB0 #BC9EA1

triadic

#BC9EB0 #B0BC9E #9EB0BC

tetradic

#BC9EB0 #BCB99E #9EBCAA #9EA1BC

square

#BC9EB0 #BCB99E #9EBCAA #9EA1BC

split-complementary

#BC9EB0 #A1BC9E #9EBCB9

monochromatic

#845B74 #A37A93 #BC9EB0 #D5C2CD #EEE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC9EB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BC9EB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EB0

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EB0	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA4B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9eb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.043 341.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bac7',
    500: '#bc9eb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9eb0;
$custom-light: #d0bac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9eb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7315,
    "c": 0.04298,
    "h": 341.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EB0

secondary

#D6E0DA

accent

#9D6A49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EB0

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

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