#BCA4A4#BCA4A4

#BCA4A4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.028 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4A4
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 164)
HSL	hsl(0, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 8.75, 3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 9.32, 20.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0268 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.028 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7150, 39.9236, 40.6760)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4A4 #A4BCBC

analogous

#BCA4B0 #BCA4A4 #BCB0A4

triadic

#BCA4A4 #A4BCA4 #A4A4BC

tetradic

#BCA4A4 #B0BCA4 #A4BCBC #B0A4BC

square

#BCA4A4 #B0BCA4 #A4BCBC #B0A4BC

split-complementary

#BCA4A4 #A4BCB0 #A4B0BC

monochromatic

#846161 #A28181 #BCA4A4 #D6C7C7 #F0EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BCA4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4A4

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4A4	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.028 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfbf',
    500: '#bca4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4a4;
$custom-light: #d0bfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73966,
    "c": 0.02817,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4A4

secondary

#DAE1E1

accent

#99994C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4A4

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

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