#BCA8A5#BCA8A5

#BCA8A5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.024 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8A5
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(8, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(8, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 6.73, 4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 7.92, 31.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.021 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.024 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5327, 41.4141, 41.3959)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8A5 #A5B9BC

analogous

#BCA5AE #BCA8A5 #BCB4A5

triadic

#BCA8A5 #A5BCA8 #A8A5BC

tetradic

#BCA8A5 #AEBCA5 #A5B9BC #B4A5BC

square

#BCA8A5 #AEBCA5 #A5B9BC #B4A5BC

split-complementary

#BCA8A5 #A5BCB4 #A5AEBC

monochromatic

#846762 #A28682 #BCA8A5 #D6CAC8 #F0ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BCA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8A5

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8A5	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)

#ACAAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.024 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1bf',
    500: '#bca8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8a5;
$custom-light: #d0c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74794,
    "c": 0.02377,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8A5

secondary

#DBE1E2

accent

#8F994D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8A5

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

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