#BCABAB#BCABAB

#BCABAB is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.020 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABAB
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 171)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 6.12, 2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 6.51, 19.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% 0.0188 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.02 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6520, 42.7582, 44.5265)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABAB #ABBCBC

analogous

#BCABB3 #BCABAB #BCB3AB

triadic

#BCABAB #ABBCAB #ABABBC

tetradic

#BCABAB #B3BCAB #ABBCBC #B3ABBC

square

#BCABAB #B3BCAB #ABBCBC #B3ABBC

split-complementary

#BCABAB #ABBCB3 #ABB3BC

monochromatic

#846969 #A18989 #BCABAB #D7CDCD #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCABAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BCABAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABAB

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABAB	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.020 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4c4',
    500: '#bcabab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabab;
$custom-light: #d0c4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75569,
    "c": 0.0197,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABAB

secondary

#DFE4E4

accent

#959550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABAB

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

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