#BCAAA5#BCAAA5

#BCAAA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.022 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAAA5
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(13, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(13, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 5.64, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 7.49, 41.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0179 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.022 36)
XYZ	xyz(41.9048, 42.1582, 41.5199)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAAA5 #A5B7BC

analogous

#BCA5AC #BCAAA5 #BCB6A5

triadic

#BCAAA5 #A5BCAA #AAA5BC

tetradic

#BCAAA5 #ACBCA5 #A5B7BC #B6A5BC

square

#BCAAA5 #ACBCA5 #A5B7BC #B6A5BC

split-complementary

#BCAAA5 #A5BCB6 #A5ACBC

monochromatic

#846A62 #A28982 #BCAAA5 #D6CBC8 #F0ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BCAAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAAA5

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAAA5	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.022 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3bf',
    500: '#bcaaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaaa5;
$custom-light: #d0c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75197,
    "c": 0.02216,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.42157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAAA5

secondary

#DBE0E2

accent

#88994D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAAA5

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

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