#BCA4A8#BCA4A8

#BCA4A8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.029 H 6.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4A8
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 168)
HSL	hsl(350, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(350, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 9.42, 1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 9.49, 7.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0284 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.029 6.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0819, 40.0704, 42.6084)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4A8 #A4BCB8

analogous

#BCA4B4 #BCA4A8 #BCACA4

triadic

#BCA4A8 #A8BCA4 #A4A8BC

tetradic

#BCA4A8 #B4BCA4 #A4BCB8 #ACA4BC

square

#BCA4A8 #B4BCA4 #A4BCB8 #ACA4BC

split-complementary

#BCA4A8 #A4BCAC #A4B4BC

monochromatic

#846167 #A28186 #BCA4A8 #D6C7CA #F0EAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCA4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BCA4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4A8

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4A8	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.029 6.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfc1',
    500: '#bca4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4a8;
$custom-light: #d0bfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74082,
    "c": 0.02857,
    "h": 6.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4A8

secondary

#DAE1E0

accent

#998D4C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4A8

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

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