#BC9FA3#BC9FA3

#BC9FA3 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.035 H 8.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FA3
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 163)
HSL	hsl(352, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(352, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 11.33, 1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 11.48, 9.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0343 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.035 8.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7478, 38.1331, 39.9098)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FA3 #9FBCB8

analogous

#BC9FB1 #BC9FA3 #BCA99F

triadic

#BC9FA3 #A3BC9F #9FA3BC

tetradic

#BC9FA3 #B1BC9F #9FBCB8 #A99FBC

square

#BC9FA3 #B1BC9F #9FBCB8 #A99FBC

split-complementary

#BC9FA3 #9FBCA9 #9FB1BC

monochromatic

#845C62 #A37B80 #BC9FA3 #D5C3C6 #EEE7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC9FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BC9FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FA3

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FA3	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.035 8.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbbe',
    500: '#bc9fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fa3;
$custom-light: #d0bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.724,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72947,
    "c": 0.03464,
    "h": 8.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FA3

secondary

#D7E0DF

accent

#9C9149

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FA3

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

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