#BCA0A0#BCA0A0

#BCA0A0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.033 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0A0
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 160)
HSL	hsl(0, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 10.28, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 10.97, 20.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0315 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.033 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6548, 38.3721, 38.5686)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0A0 #A0BCBC

analogous

#BCA0AE #BCA0A0 #BCAEA0

triadic

#BCA0A0 #A0BCA0 #A0A0BC

tetradic

#BCA0A0 #AEBCA0 #A0BCBC #AEA0BC

square

#BCA0A0 #AEBCA0 #A0BCBC #AEA0BC

split-complementary

#BCA0A0 #A0BCAE #A0AEBC

monochromatic

#845D5D #A37C7C #BCA0A0 #D5C4C4 #EFE8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA0A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BCA0A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0A0

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0A0	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.033 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcbc',
    500: '#bca0a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0a0;
$custom-light: #d0bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73057,
    "c": 0.03311,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0A0

secondary

#D8E0E0

accent

#9C9C4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0A0

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

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