#BCA9AE#BCA9AE

#BCA9AE is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.023 H 359.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9AE
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(344, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(344, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 7.73, -0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 7.73, 359.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.023 0)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.023 359.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5662, 42.1240, 45.9246)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9AE #A9BCB7

analogous

#BCA9B7 #BCA9AE #BCAEA9

triadic

#BCA9AE #AEBCA9 #A9AEBC

tetradic

#BCA9AE #B7BCA9 #A9BCB7 #AEA9BC

square

#BCA9AE #B7BCA9 #A9BCB7 #AEA9BC

split-complementary

#BCA9AE #A9BCAE #A9B7BC

monochromatic

#84676E #A1878E #BCA9AE #D7CBCE #F2EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BCA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9AE

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9AE	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.023 359.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2c6',
    500: '#bca9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9ae;
$custom-light: #d0c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.211,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75255,
    "c": 0.02302,
    "h": 359.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9AE

secondary

#DEE3E2

accent

#97844F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9AE

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

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