#BCABA9#BCABA9

#BCABA9 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.020 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABA9
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(6, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(6, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 5.77, 3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 6.62, 29.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.018 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.02 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4628, 42.6825, 43.5301)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABA9 #A9BABC

analogous

#BCA9B0 #BCABA9 #BCB5A9

triadic

#BCABA9 #A9BCAB #ABA9BC

tetradic

#BCABA9 #B0BCA9 #A9BABC #B5A9BC

square

#BCABA9 #B0BCA9 #A9BABC #B5A9BC

split-complementary

#BCABA9 #A9BCB5 #A9B0BC

monochromatic

#846A67 #A18987 #BCABA9 #D7CDCB #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BCABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABA9

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABA9	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.020 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4c2',
    500: '#bcaba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaba9;
$custom-light: #d0c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75511,
    "c": 0.01996,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABA9

secondary

#DEE2E3

accent

#8F974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABA9

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

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