#bc8a9a

Color #bc8a9a

A muted light pink.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 8.85 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bc8a9a

RGB

rgb(188, 138, 154)

HSL

hsl(340.8, 27.2%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(340.8, 26.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 18.1%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(62.68, 21.49, -0.97)

LCH

lch(62.68, 21.51, 357.42)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0643, 357.95)

HWB

hwb(340.8, 54.1%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8abcac

Analogous

#bc8ab3

#bc8a9a

#bc938a

Triadic

#bc8a9a

#9abc8a

#8a9abc

Split-complementary

#bc8a9a

#8abc93

#8ab3bc

Tetradic

#bc8a9a

#bcac8a

#8abcac

#8a9abc

Square

#bc8a9a

#b3bc8a

#8abcac

#938abc

Shades

Color #bc8a9a mixed toward black.

#a8677c

#8a4f62

#683b49

#452831

#231418

Tints

Color #bc8a9a mixed toward white.

#c79dab

#d2b1bc

#ddc4cc

#e9d8dd

#f4ebee

Tones

Color #bc8a9a mixed toward gray.

#b88e9b

#b4929d

#af969e

#ab9ba0

#a79fa1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a896 · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#abaf95 · ΔE 32.3

Tritanopia

#ba9393 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc8a9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc8a9a]

Related colors

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Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#bc8a9a (#bc8a9a) is rgb(188, 138, 154) in RGB.

No, #bc8a9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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