#BCA9AB#BCA9AB

#BCA9AB is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.022 H 10.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9AB
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 171)
HSL	hsl(354, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(354, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 7.21, 1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 7.35, 11.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0219 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.022 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2770, 42.0083, 44.4015)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9AB #A9BCBA

analogous

#BCA9B5 #BCA9AB #BCB0A9

triadic

#BCA9AB #ABBCA9 #A9ABBC

tetradic

#BCA9AB #B5BCA9 #A9BCBA #B0A9BC

square

#BCA9AB #B5BCA9 #A9BCBA #B0A9BC

split-complementary

#BCA9AB #A9BCB0 #A9B5BC

monochromatic

#84676A #A18789 #BCA9AB #D7CBCD #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCA9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCA9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9AB

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9AB	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.022 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2c4',
    500: '#bca9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9ab;
$custom-light: #d0c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75167,
    "c": 0.02221,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9AB

secondary

#DEE3E2

accent

#978F4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9AB

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

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