Close to Rosy Brown

#BC9FA2

#BC9FA2 is a light, soft, grayish red, close to the color Rosy Brown. In RGB it’s made of 73.7% red, 62.4% green, and 63.5% blue. Its hue is 354°, with 18% saturation and 68% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.

Make a palette Open in converter

Color codes

Tints, shades & tones

Tints add white, shades add black, tones add gray. Tap any one to open its page.

Tints

Shades

Tones

Color harmonies

Combinations from the color wheel, built around #BC9FA2.

Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

Aa

White text on this color

2.44:1 Fail
Aa

Black text on this color

8.62:1 AAA
Aa

This color as text on white

2.44:1 Fail
Aa

This color as text on black

8.62:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #BC9FA2 as they’d see it.

Typical vision#BC9FA2
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

#BC9FA2 in use

New

A headline in this color

Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.

Primary buttonText link →

On a dark background

Get started
Gradient to its complement

Similar colors

Questions about #BC9FA2

What color is #BC9FA2?

#BC9FA2 is a light, soft, grayish red, close to the color Rosy Brown. In RGB it’s made of 73.7% red, 62.4% green, and 63.5% blue. Its hue is 354°, with 18% saturation and 68% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #BC9FA2 in RGB?

#BC9FA2 is rgb(188, 159, 162): 188 red, 159 green, and 162 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #BC9FA2 in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(0, 15, 14, 26). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #BC9FA2?

PANTONE 436 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #BC9FA2?

Its complement #8DACA9 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

Browse all named colors