#BC9FA2#BC9FA2

#BC9FA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.034 H 10.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FA2
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 162)
HSL	hsl(354, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(354, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 11.16, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 11.42, 12.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0339 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.034 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6585, 38.0974, 39.4398)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FA2 #9FBCB9

analogous

#BC9FB0 #BC9FA2 #BCAA9F

triadic

#BC9FA2 #A2BC9F #9FA2BC

tetradic

#BC9FA2 #B0BC9F #9FBCB9 #AA9FBC

square

#BC9FA2 #B0BC9F #9FBCB9 #AA9FBC

split-complementary

#BC9FA2 #9FBCAA #9FB0BC

monochromatic

#845C60 #A37B7F #BC9FA2 #D5C3C5 #EEE7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC9FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BC9FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FA2

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FA2	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.034 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbbd',
    500: '#bc9fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fa2;
$custom-light: #d0bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.793,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.03448,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FA2

secondary

#D7E0DF

accent

#9C9449

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FA2

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

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