#BCABA8#BCABA8

#BCABA8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.020 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABA8
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(9, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 5.60, 3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 6.75, 33.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0176 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.02 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3692, 42.6451, 43.0375)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABA8 #A8B9BC

analogous

#BCA8AF #BCABA8 #BCB5A8

triadic

#BCABA8 #A8BCAB #ABA8BC

tetradic

#BCABA8 #AFBCA8 #A8B9BC #B5A8BC

square

#BCABA8 #AFBCA8 #A8B9BC #B5A8BC

split-complementary

#BCABA8 #A8BCB5 #A8AFBC

monochromatic

#846A66 #A18A85 #BCABA8 #D7CCCB #F1EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BCABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABA8

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABA8	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.020 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4c1',
    500: '#bcaba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaba8;
$custom-light: #d0c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75483,
    "c": 0.02022,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABA8

secondary

#DDE2E3

accent

#8C974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABA8

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

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