#BCA4A0#BCA4A0

#BCA4A0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.029 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4A0
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 160)
HSL	hsl(9, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(9, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 8.08, 5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 9.66, 33.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0252 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.029 29)
XYZ	xyz(40.3594, 39.7814, 38.8034)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4A0 #A0B8BC

analogous

#BCA0AA #BCA4A0 #BCB2A0

triadic

#BCA4A0 #A0BCA4 #A4A0BC

tetradic

#BCA4A0 #AABCA0 #A0B8BC #B2A0BC

square

#BCA4A0 #AABCA0 #A0B8BC #B2A0BC

split-complementary

#BCA4A0 #A0BCB2 #A0AABC

monochromatic

#84635D #A3827C #BCA4A0 #D5C6C4 #EFE9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA4A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BCA4A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4A0

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4A0	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.029 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfbc',
    500: '#bca4a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4a0;
$custom-light: #d0bfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73853,
    "c": 0.02885,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.3978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4A0

secondary

#D8DFE0

accent

#909C4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4A0

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

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