#BC9FA6#BC9FA6

#BC9FA6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.035 H 1.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FA6
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 166)
HSL	hsl(346, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(346, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 11.83, 0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 11.84, 1.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0354 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.035 1.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0197, 38.2419, 41.3423)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FA6 #9FBCB5

analogous

#BC9FB4 #BC9FA6 #BCA69F

triadic

#BC9FA6 #A6BC9F #9FA6BC

tetradic

#BC9FA6 #B4BC9F #9FBCB5 #A69FBC

square

#BC9FA6 #B4BC9F #9FBCB5 #A69FBC

split-complementary

#BC9FA6 #9FBCA6 #9FB4BC

monochromatic

#845C66 #A37B85 #BC9FA6 #D5C3C7 #EEE7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC9FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BC9FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FA6

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FA6	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.035 1.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbc0',
    500: '#bc9fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fa6;
$custom-light: #d0bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.517,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73035,
    "c": 0.03544,
    "h": 1.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FA6

secondary

#D7E0DE

accent

#9C8849

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FA6

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

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