#BCA09D#BCA09D

#BCA09D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.033 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA09D
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(6, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(6, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 9.79, 5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 11.17, 28.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0303 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.033 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3955, 38.2684, 37.2031)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA09D #9DB9BC

analogous

#BC9DAA #BCA09D #BCAF9D

triadic

#BCA09D #9DBCA0 #A09DBC

tetradic

#BCA09D #AABC9D #9DB9BC #AF9DBC

square

#BCA09D #AABC9D #9DB9BC #AF9DBC

split-complementary

#BCA09D #9DBCAF #9DAABC

monochromatic

#845E5A #A37D79 #BCA09D #D5C3C1 #EEE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BCA09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA09D

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA09D	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)

#A5A39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.033 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcb9',
    500: '#bca09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca09d;
$custom-light: #d0bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72973,
    "c": 0.03348,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA09D

secondary

#D6DEDF

accent

#959D48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA09D

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

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