#BCAAA8#BCAAA8

#BCAAA8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.021 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAAA8
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(6, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(6, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 6.14, 3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 7.02, 28.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0191 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.021 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1811, 42.2687, 42.9748)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAAA8 #A8BABC

analogous

#BCA8B0 #BCAAA8 #BCB4A8

triadic

#BCAAA8 #A8BCAA #AAA8BC

tetradic

#BCAAA8 #B0BCA8 #A8BABC #B4A8BC

square

#BCAAA8 #B0BCA8 #A8BABC #B4A8BC

split-complementary

#BCAAA8 #A8BCB4 #A8B0BC

monochromatic

#846966 #A18885 #BCAAA8 #D7CCCB #F1EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BCAAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAAA8

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAAA8	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.021 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3c1',
    500: '#bcaaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaaa8;
$custom-light: #d0c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75281,
    "c": 0.02114,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAAA8

secondary

#DDE2E3

accent

#90974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAAA8

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

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