#BCABA6#BCABA6

#BCABA6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.021 H 37.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABA6
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 166)
HSL	hsl(14, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 5.26, 4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 7.12, 42.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0168 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.021 37)
XYZ	xyz(42.1844, 42.5711, 42.0638)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABA6 #A6B7BC

analogous

#BCA6AC #BCABA6 #BCB6A6

triadic

#BCABA6 #A6BCAB #ABA6BC

tetradic

#BCABA6 #ACBCA6 #A6B7BC #B6A6BC

square

#BCABA6 #ACBCA6 #A6B7BC #B6A6BC

split-complementary

#BCABA6 #A6BCB6 #A6ACBC

monochromatic

#846B63 #A28A83 #BCABA6 #D6CCC9 #F1EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCABA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BCABA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABA6

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABA6	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.021 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4c0',
    500: '#bcaba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaba6;
$custom-light: #d0c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75427,
    "c": 0.02103,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.4257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABA6

secondary

#DCE1E2

accent

#87984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABA6

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

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