#BCA49E#BCA49E

#BCA49E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.030 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA49E
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(12, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 7.76, 6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 10.01, 39.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0244 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.03 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1859, 39.7119, 37.8894)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA49E #9EB6BC

analogous

#BC9EA7 #BCA49E #BCB39E

triadic

#BCA49E #9EBCA4 #A49EBC

tetradic

#BCA49E #A7BC9E #9EB6BC #B39EBC

square

#BCA49E #A7BC9E #9EB6BC #B39EBC

split-complementary

#BCA49E #9EBCB3 #9EA7BC

monochromatic

#84645B #A3827A #BCA49E #D5C6C2 #EEE8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BCA49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA49E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA49E	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)

#A9A69E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.030 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfba',
    500: '#bca49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca49e;
$custom-light: #d0bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73798,
    "c": 0.02958,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA49E

secondary

#D6DEE0

accent

#8C9D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA49E

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

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