#BC9FA1#BC9FA1

#BC9FA1 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.034 H 13.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FA1
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 161)
HSL	hsl(356, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(356, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 14.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 10.99, 2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 11.38, 14.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0335 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.034 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5700, 38.0620, 38.9736)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FA1 #9FBCBA

analogous

#BC9FAF #BC9FA1 #BCAB9F

triadic

#BC9FA1 #A1BC9F #9FA1BC

tetradic

#BC9FA1 #AFBC9F #9FBCBA #AB9FBC

square

#BC9FA1 #AFBC9F #9FBCBA #AB9FBC

split-complementary

#BC9FA1 #9FBCAB #9FAFBC

monochromatic

#845C5F #A37B7E #BC9FA1 #D5C3C4 #EEE7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC9FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BC9FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FA1

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FA1	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)

#A3A3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.034 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbbc',
    500: '#bc9fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fa1;
$custom-light: #d0bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72889,
    "c": 0.03438,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FA1

secondary

#D7E0DF

accent

#9C9649

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FA1

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

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