#BCA8A4#BCA8A4

#BCA8A4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.024 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8A4
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(10, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(10, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 6.56, 4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 8.07, 35.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0206 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.024 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4421, 41.3778, 40.9184)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8A4 #A4B8BC

analogous

#BCA4AC #BCA8A4 #BCB4A4

triadic

#BCA8A4 #A4BCA8 #A8A4BC

tetradic

#BCA8A4 #ACBCA4 #A4B8BC #B4A4BC

square

#BCA8A4 #ACBCA4 #A4B8BC #B4A4BC

split-complementary

#BCA8A4 #A4BCB4 #A4ACBC

monochromatic

#846761 #A28681 #BCA8A4 #D6CAC7 #F0EBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BCA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8A4

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8A4	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.024 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1bf',
    500: '#bca8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8a4;
$custom-light: #d0c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74766,
    "c": 0.02408,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8A4

secondary

#DAE0E1

accent

#8D994C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8A4

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

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