#BCA9AA#BCA9AA

#BCA9AA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.022 H 14.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9AA
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(357, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(357, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 7.03, 1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 7.31, 15.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.0215 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.022 14)
XYZ	xyz(42.1821, 41.9703, 43.9014)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9AA #A9BCBB

analogous

#BCA9B4 #BCA9AA #BCB1A9

triadic

#BCA9AA #AABCA9 #A9AABC

tetradic

#BCA9AA #B4BCA9 #A9BCBB #B1A9BC

square

#BCA9AA #B4BCA9 #A9BCBB #B1A9BC

split-complementary

#BCA9AA #A9BCB1 #A9B4BC

monochromatic

#846768 #A18788 #BCA9AA #D7CBCC #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCA9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BCA9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9AA

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9AA	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.022 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2c3',
    500: '#bca9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9aa;
$custom-light: #d0c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75138,
    "c": 0.02211,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.4197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9AA

secondary

#DEE3E3

accent

#97934F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9AA

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

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