#BCA4A2#BCA4A2

#BCA4A2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.028 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4A2
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 162)
HSL	hsl(5, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(5, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 8.41, 4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 9.43, 26.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.026 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.028 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5358, 39.8519, 39.7323)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4A2 #A2BABC

analogous

#BCA2AD #BCA4A2 #BCB1A2

triadic

#BCA4A2 #A2BCA4 #A4A2BC

tetradic

#BCA4A2 #ADBCA2 #A2BABC #B1A2BC

square

#BCA4A2 #ADBCA2 #A2BABC #B1A2BC

split-complementary

#BCA4A2 #A2BCB1 #A2ADBC

monochromatic

#84625F #A2817E #BCA4A2 #D6C7C6 #EFEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BCA4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4A2

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4A2	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A7A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.028 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfbd',
    500: '#bca4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4a2;
$custom-light: #d0bfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73909,
    "c": 0.02838,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4A2

secondary

#D9E0E1

accent

#949A4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4A2

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

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