#BCA8A6#BCA8A6

#BCA8A6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.024 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8A6
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(5, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(5, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 6.89, 3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 7.81, 28.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0214 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.024 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6241, 41.4506, 41.8771)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8A6 #A6BABC

analogous

#BCA6AF #BCA8A6 #BCB3A6

triadic

#BCA8A6 #A6BCA8 #A8A6BC

tetradic

#BCA8A6 #AFBCA6 #A6BABC #B3A6BC

square

#BCA8A6 #AFBCA6 #A6BABC #B3A6BC

split-complementary

#BCA8A6 #A6BCB3 #A6AFBC

monochromatic

#846663 #A28683 #BCA8A6 #D6CAC9 #F1ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BCA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8A6

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8A6	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.024 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1c0',
    500: '#bca8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8a6;
$custom-light: #d0c1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74822,
    "c": 0.02353,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8A6

secondary

#DCE1E2

accent

#91984D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8A6

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

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