#BCA6A6#BCA6A6

#BCA6A6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.026 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6A6
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 166)
HSL	hsl(0, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 7.99, 2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 8.51, 20.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0245 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.026 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2577, 40.7179, 41.7549)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6A6 #A6BCBC

analogous

#BCA6B1 #BCA6A6 #BCB1A6

triadic

#BCA6A6 #A6BCA6 #A6A6BC

tetradic

#BCA6A6 #B1BCA6 #A6BCBC #B1A6BC

square

#BCA6A6 #B1BCA6 #A6BCBC #B1A6BC

split-complementary

#BCA6A6 #A6BCB1 #A6B1BC

monochromatic

#846363 #A28383 #BCA6A6 #D6C9C9 #F1ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCA6A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BCA6A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6A6

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6A6	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.026 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c0c0',
    500: '#bca6a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6a6;
$custom-light: #d0c0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74422,
    "c": 0.02573,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6A6

secondary

#DCE2E2

accent

#98984D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6A6

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

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