#BCA8AA#BCA8AA

#BCA8AA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.023 H 10.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8AA
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(354, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(354, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 7.58, 1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 7.75, 12.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.023 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.023 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9968, 41.5997, 43.8396)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8AA #A8BCBA

analogous

#BCA8B4 #BCA8AA #BCB0A8

triadic

#BCA8AA #AABCA8 #A8AABC

tetradic

#BCA8AA #B4BCA8 #A8BCBA #B0A8BC

square

#BCA8AA #B4BCA8 #A8BCBA #B0A8BC

split-complementary

#BCA8AA #A8BCB0 #A8B4BC

monochromatic

#846669 #A18588 #BCA8AA #D7CBCC #F1EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BCA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8AA

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8AA	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.023 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1c3',
    500: '#bca8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8aa;
$custom-light: #d0c1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74938,
    "c": 0.0234,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8AA

secondary

#DDE3E2

accent

#97904E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8AA

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

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