#BCA2A8#BCA2A8

#BCA2A8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.032 H 2.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA2A8
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 168)
HSL	hsl(346, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(346, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 10.52, 0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 10.53, 2.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0315 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.032 2.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7268, 39.3601, 42.4901)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA2A8 #A2BCB6

analogous

#BCA2B5 #BCA2A8 #BCA9A2

triadic

#BCA2A8 #A8BCA2 #A2A8BC

tetradic

#BCA2A8 #B5BCA2 #A2BCB6 #A9A2BC

square

#BCA2A8 #B5BCA2 #A2BCB6 #A9A2BC

split-complementary

#BCA2A8 #A2BCA9 #A2B5BC

monochromatic

#845F68 #A27E87 #BCA2A8 #D6C6C9 #EFE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BCA2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA2A8

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA2A8	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.032 2.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bdc1',
    500: '#bca2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca2a8;
$custom-light: #d0bdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73686,
    "c": 0.03153,
    "h": 2.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA2A8

secondary

#D9E1DF

accent

#9A884B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA2A8

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

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