#BCA49D#BCA49D

#BCA49D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.030 H 36.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA49D
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 157)
HSL	hsl(14, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(14, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 7.60, 6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 10.23, 42.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.024 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.03 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1001, 39.6777, 37.4379)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA49D #9DB5BC

analogous

#BC9DA5 #BCA49D #BCB39D

triadic

#BCA49D #9DBCA4 #A49DBC

tetradic

#BCA49D #A5BC9D #9DB5BC #B39DBC

square

#BCA49D #A5BC9D #9DB5BC #B39DBC

split-complementary

#BCA49D #9DBCB3 #9DA5BC

monochromatic

#84645A #A38279 #BCA49D #D5C6C1 #EEE8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BCA49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA49D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA49D	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.030 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfb9',
    500: '#bca49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca49d;
$custom-light: #d0bfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.548,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7377,
    "c": 0.03002,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA49D

secondary

#D6DDDF

accent

#8A9D48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA49D

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

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