#BCA0A6#BCA0A6

#BCA0A6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.034 H 3.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0A6
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 166)
HSL	hsl(347, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(347, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 11.28, 0.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 11.30, 3.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0339 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.034 3.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1924, 38.5872, 41.3998)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0A6 #A0BCB6

analogous

#BCA0B4 #BCA0A6 #BCA8A0

triadic

#BCA0A6 #A6BCA0 #A0A6BC

tetradic

#BCA0A6 #B4BCA0 #A0BCB6 #A8A0BC

square

#BCA0A6 #B4BCA0 #A0BCB6 #A8A0BC

split-complementary

#BCA0A6 #A0BCA8 #A0B4BC

monochromatic

#845D66 #A37C84 #BCA0A6 #D5C4C8 #EFE8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA0A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BCA0A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0A6

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0A6	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.034 3.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcc0',
    500: '#bca0a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0a6;
$custom-light: #d0bcc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73232,
    "c": 0.03391,
    "h": 3.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0A6

secondary

#D8E0DE

accent

#9C8A4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0A6

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

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