#BC9EB3#BC9EB3

#BC9EB3 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.045 H 337.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EB3
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(318, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(318, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 14.68, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 16.14, 335.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0419 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.045 337)
XYZ	xyz(41.1018, 38.4007, 47.8860)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EB3 #9EBCA7

analogous

#B69EBC #BC9EB3 #BC9EA4

triadic

#BC9EB3 #B3BC9E #9EB3BC

tetradic

#BC9EB3 #BCB69E #9EBCA7 #9EA4BC

square

#BC9EB3 #BCB69E #9EBCA7 #9EA4BC

split-complementary

#BC9EB3 #A4BC9E #9EBCB6

monochromatic

#845B78 #A37A97 #BC9EB3 #D5C2CF #EEE6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BC9EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BC9EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EB3

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EB3	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.045 337.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bac9',
    500: '#bc9eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9eb3;
$custom-light: #d0bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73247,
    "c": 0.04548,
    "h": 337
  },
  "luminance": 0.384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EB3

secondary

#D6E0D9

accent

#9D6249

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EB3

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

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