#BC9FA0#BC9FA0

#BC9FA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.034 H 15.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FA0
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(358, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(358, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 10.83, 3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 11.37, 17.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0331 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.034 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4821, 38.0268, 38.5110)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FA0 #9FBCBB

analogous

#BC9FAE #BC9FA0 #BCAC9F

triadic

#BC9FA0 #A0BC9F #9FA0BC

tetradic

#BC9FA0 #AEBC9F #9FBCBB #AC9FBC

square

#BC9FA0 #AEBC9F #9FBCBB #AC9FBC

split-complementary

#BC9FA0 #9FBCAC #9FAEBC

monochromatic

#845C5E #A37B7C #BC9FA0 #D5C3C4 #EEE7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC9FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BC9FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FA0

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FA0	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.034 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbbc',
    500: '#bc9fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fa0;
$custom-light: #d0bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.931,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7286,
    "c": 0.03434,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FA0

secondary

#D7E0E0

accent

#9C9949

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FA0

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

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