#BCA5A2#BCA5A2

#BCA5A2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.027 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5A2
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 162)
HSL	hsl(7, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(7, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 7.86, 4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 9.13, 30.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0245 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.027 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7154, 40.2112, 39.7922)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5A2 #A2B9BC

analogous

#BCA2AC #BCA5A2 #BCB2A2

triadic

#BCA5A2 #A2BCA5 #A5A2BC

tetradic

#BCA5A2 #ACBCA2 #A2B9BC #B2A2BC

square

#BCA5A2 #ACBCA2 #A2B9BC #B2A2BC

split-complementary

#BCA5A2 #A2BCB2 #A2ACBC

monochromatic

#84645F #A2837E #BCA5A2 #D6C7C6 #EFEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCA5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BCA5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5A2

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5A2	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.027 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfbd',
    500: '#bca5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5a2;
$custom-light: #d0bfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74109,
    "c": 0.02737,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5A2

secondary

#D9E0E1

accent

#919A4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5A2

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

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