#BCA09E#BCA09E

#BCA09E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.033 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA09E
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(4, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(4, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 9.95, 4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 11.08, 26.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0307 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.033 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4813, 38.3027, 37.6545)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA09E #9EBABC

analogous

#BC9EAB #BCA09E #BCAF9E

triadic

#BCA09E #9EBCA0 #A09EBC

tetradic

#BCA09E #ABBC9E #9EBABC #AF9EBC

square

#BCA09E #ABBC9E #9EBABC #AF9EBC

split-complementary

#BCA09E #9EBCAF #9EABBC

monochromatic

#845E5B #A37D7A #BCA09E #D5C3C2 #EEE7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BCA09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA09E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA09E	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.033 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcba',
    500: '#bca09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca09e;
$custom-light: #d0bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73001,
    "c": 0.0333,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA09E

secondary

#D6DFE0

accent

#979D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA09E

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

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