#BC9EB2#BC9EB2

#BC9EB2 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.045 H 338.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EB2
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 178)
HSL	hsl(320, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(320, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 14.50, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 15.77, 336.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0415 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.045 338.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0010, 38.3604, 47.3553)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EB2 #9EBCA8

analogous

#B79EBC #BC9EB2 #BC9EA3

triadic

#BC9EB2 #B2BC9E #9EB2BC

tetradic

#BC9EB2 #BCB79E #9EBCA8 #9EA3BC

square

#BC9EB2 #BCB79E #9EBCA8 #9EA3BC

split-complementary

#BC9EB2 #A3BC9E #9EBCB7

monochromatic

#845B77 #A37A95 #BC9EB2 #D5C2CF #EEE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BC9EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BC9EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EB2

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EB2	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.045 338.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bac9',
    500: '#bc9eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9eb2;
$custom-light: #d0bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73214,
    "c": 0.04462,
    "h": 338.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EB2

secondary

#D6E0D9

accent

#9D6549

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EB2

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

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