#BCA6A0#BCA6A0

#BCA6A0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.027 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6A0
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 160)
HSL	hsl(13, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(13, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 6.99, 6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 9.23, 40.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0221 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.027 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7201, 40.5028, 38.9237)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6A0 #A0B6BC

analogous

#BCA0A8 #BCA6A0 #BCB4A0

triadic

#BCA6A0 #A0BCA6 #A6A0BC

tetradic

#BCA6A0 #A8BCA0 #A0B6BC #B4A0BC

square

#BCA6A0 #A8BCA0 #A0B6BC #B4A0BC

split-complementary

#BCA6A0 #A0BCB4 #A0A8BC

monochromatic

#84665D #A3847C #BCA6A0 #D5C8C4 #EFE9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCA6A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCA6A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6A0

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6A0	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)

#ABA8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ACA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.027 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c0bc',
    500: '#bca6a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6a0;
$custom-light: #d0c0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.02723,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6A0

secondary

#D8DEE0

accent

#8A9C4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6A0

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

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