#BC9FA4#BC9FA4

#BC9FA4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.035 H 6.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FA4
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 164)
HSL	hsl(350, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(350, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 11.49, 1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 11.58, 6.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0346 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.035 6.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8377, 38.1691, 40.3836)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FA4 #9FBCB7

analogous

#BC9FB2 #BC9FA4 #BCA89F

triadic

#BC9FA4 #A4BC9F #9FA4BC

tetradic

#BC9FA4 #B2BC9F #9FBCB7 #A89FBC

square

#BC9FA4 #B2BC9F #9FBCB7 #A89FBC

split-complementary

#BC9FA4 #9FBCA8 #9FB2BC

monochromatic

#845C63 #A37B82 #BC9FA4 #D5C3C6 #EEE7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC9FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BC9FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FA4

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FA4	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)

#A3A3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.035 6.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbbe',
    500: '#bc9fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fa4;
$custom-light: #d0bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.655,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72976,
    "c": 0.03485,
    "h": 6.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FA4

secondary

#D7E0DE

accent

#9C8E49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FA4

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

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