#BCA2A6#BCA2A6

#BCA2A6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.031 H 7.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA2A6
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 166)
HSL	hsl(351, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(351, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 10.18, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 10.28, 8.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0307 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.031 7.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5419, 39.2862, 41.5163)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA2A6 #A2BCB8

analogous

#BCA2B3 #BCA2A6 #BCABA2

triadic

#BCA2A6 #A6BCA2 #A2A6BC

tetradic

#BCA2A6 #B3BCA2 #A2BCB8 #ABA2BC

square

#BCA2A6 #B3BCA2 #A2BCB8 #ABA2BC

split-complementary

#BCA2A6 #A2BCAB #A2B3BC

monochromatic

#845F65 #A27E84 #BCA2A6 #D6C6C8 #EFE9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA2A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BCA2A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA2A6

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA2A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA2A6	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca2a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.031 7.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bdc0',
    500: '#bca2a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca2a6;
$custom-light: #d0bdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca2a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73627,
    "c": 0.03099,
    "h": 7.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA2A6

secondary

#D9E1E0

accent

#9A8E4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA2A6

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

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