#BCA8AB#BCA8AB

#BCA8AB is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.024 H 7.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8AB
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 171)
HSL	hsl(351, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(351, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 7.75, 1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 7.83, 8.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0234 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.024 7.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0917, 41.6377, 44.3397)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8AB #A8BCB9

analogous

#BCA8B5 #BCA8AB #BCAFA8

triadic

#BCA8AB #ABBCA8 #A8ABBC

tetradic

#BCA8AB #B5BCA8 #A8BCB9 #AFA8BC

square

#BCA8AB #B5BCA8 #A8BCB9 #AFA8BC

split-complementary

#BCA8AB #A8BCAF #A8B5BC

monochromatic

#84666A #A1858A #BCA8AB #D7CBCC #F1EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCA8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BCA8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8AB

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8AB	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.024 7.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1c4',
    500: '#bca8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8ab;
$custom-light: #d0c1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.02358,
    "h": 7.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8AB

secondary

#DDE3E2

accent

#978C4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8AB

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

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