#BCA8A9#BCA8A9

#BCA8A9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.023 H 14.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8A9
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(357, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(357, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 7.41, 2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 7.71, 16.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0226 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.023 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9025, 41.5620, 43.3433)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8A9 #A8BCBB

analogous

#BCA8B3 #BCA8A9 #BCB1A8

triadic

#BCA8A9 #A9BCA8 #A8A9BC

tetradic

#BCA8A9 #B3BCA8 #A8BCBB #B1A8BC

square

#BCA8A9 #B3BCA8 #A8BCBB #B1A8BC

split-complementary

#BCA8A9 #A8BCB1 #A8B3BC

monochromatic

#846667 #A18587 #BCA8A9 #D7CBCB #F1EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BCA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8A9

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8A9	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.023 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1c2',
    500: '#bca8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8a9;
$custom-light: #d0c1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74908,
    "c": 0.02332,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8A9

secondary

#DDE3E2

accent

#97934E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8A9

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

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