#BCA8A8#BCA8A8

#BCA8A8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.023 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8A8
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 7.23, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 7.70, 20.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.0222 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.023 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8090, 41.5246, 42.8508)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8A8 #A8BCBC

analogous

#BCA8B2 #BCA8A8 #BCB2A8

triadic

#BCA8A8 #A8BCA8 #A8A8BC

tetradic

#BCA8A8 #B2BCA8 #A8BCBC #B2A8BC

square

#BCA8A8 #B2BCA8 #A8BCBC #B2A8BC

split-complementary

#BCA8A8 #A8BCB2 #A8B2BC

monochromatic

#846666 #A18585 #BCA8A8 #D7CBCB #F1EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BCA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8A8

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8A8	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.023 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1c1',
    500: '#bca8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8a8;
$custom-light: #d0c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7488,
    "c": 0.0233,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8A8

secondary

#DDE3E3

accent

#97974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8A8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →