#BCA8A2#BCA8A2

#BCA8A2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.025 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8A2
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(14, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 6.23, 5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 8.47, 42.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0198 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.025 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2629, 41.3062, 39.9746)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8A2 #A2B6BC

analogous

#BCA2A9 #BCA8A2 #BCB5A2

triadic

#BCA8A2 #A2BCA8 #A8A2BC

tetradic

#BCA8A2 #A9BCA2 #A2B6BC #B5A2BC

square

#BCA8A2 #A9BCA2 #A2B6BC #B5A2BC

split-complementary

#BCA8A2 #A2BCB5 #A2A9BC

monochromatic

#84685F #A2877E #BCA8A2 #D6C9C6 #EFEBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8A2

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8A2	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.025 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1bd',
    500: '#bca8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8a2;
$custom-light: #d0c1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7471,
    "c": 0.02493,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8A2

secondary

#D9DFE1

accent

#889A4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8A2

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

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