#BCA8AE#BCA8AE

#BCA8AE is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.025 H 357.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8AE
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(342, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(342, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 8.28, -0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 8.29, 356.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.0246 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.025 357.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3809, 41.7534, 45.8628)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8AE #A8BCB6

analogous

#BCA8B8 #BCA8AE #BCACA8

triadic

#BCA8AE #AEBCA8 #A8AEBC

tetradic

#BCA8AE #B8BCA8 #A8BCB6 #ACA8BC

square

#BCA8AE #B8BCA8 #A8BCB6 #ACA8BC

split-complementary

#BCA8AE #A8BCAC #A8B8BC

monochromatic

#84666F #A1858E #BCA8AE #D7CBCE #F1EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCA8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BCA8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8AE

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8AE	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.025 357.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1c6',
    500: '#bca8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8ae;
$custom-light: #d0c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75056,
    "c": 0.02457,
    "h": 357.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8AE

secondary

#DDE3E1

accent

#97814E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8AE

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

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