#BCABA7#BCABA7

#BCABA7 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.021 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABA7
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 167)
HSL	hsl(11, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(11, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 11.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 5.43, 4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 6.91, 38.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0172 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.021 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2764, 42.6080, 42.5488)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABA7 #A7B8BC

analogous

#BCA7AE #BCABA7 #BCB6A7

triadic

#BCABA7 #A7BCAB #ABA7BC

tetradic

#BCABA7 #AEBCA7 #A7B8BC #B6A7BC

square

#BCABA7 #AEBCA7 #A7B8BC #B6A7BC

split-complementary

#BCABA7 #A7BCB6 #A7AEBC

monochromatic

#846B65 #A28A84 #BCABA7 #D6CCCA #F1EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCABA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BCABA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABA7

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABA7	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.021 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4c1',
    500: '#bcaba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaba7;
$custom-light: #d0c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 13.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75455,
    "c": 0.02058,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABA7

secondary

#DCE1E2

accent

#8A984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABA7

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

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