#BCA0A2#BCA0A2

#BCA0A2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.033 H 13.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0A2
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 162)
HSL	hsl(356, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(356, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 10.61, 2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 10.97, 14.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0323 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.033 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8312, 38.4427, 39.4974)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0A2 #A0BCBA

analogous

#BCA0B0 #BCA0A2 #BCACA0

triadic

#BCA0A2 #A2BCA0 #A0A2BC

tetradic

#BCA0A2 #B0BCA0 #A0BCBA #ACA0BC

square

#BCA0A2 #B0BCA0 #A0BCBA #ACA0BC

split-complementary

#BCA0A2 #A0BCAC #A0B0BC

monochromatic

#845D60 #A37C7F #BCA0A2 #D5C4C5 #EFE8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA0A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BCA0A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0A2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0A2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.033 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcbd',
    500: '#bca0a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0a2;
$custom-light: #d0bcbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.03315,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0A2

secondary

#D8E0E0

accent

#9C964A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0A2

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

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