#BCA5AA#BCA5AA

#BCA5AA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.028 H 3.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5AA
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(347, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(347, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 9.22, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 9.23, 3.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0276 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.028 3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4493, 40.5048, 43.6571)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5AA #A5BCB7

analogous

#BCA5B6 #BCA5AA #BCACA5

triadic

#BCA5AA #AABCA5 #A5AABC

tetradic

#BCA5AA #B6BCA5 #A5BCB7 #ACA5BC

square

#BCA5AA #B6BCA5 #A5BCB7 #ACA5BC

split-complementary

#BCA5AA #A5BCAC #A5B6BC

monochromatic

#84626A #A28289 #BCA5AA #D6C8CB #F0EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5AA

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5AA	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.028 3.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfc3',
    500: '#bca5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5aa;
$custom-light: #d0bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.957,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74339,
    "c": 0.02766,
    "h": 3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5AA

secondary

#DBE2E0

accent

#99884D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5AA

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

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