#BCABAE#BCABAE

#BCABAE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.020 H 5.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABAE
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(349, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(349, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 6.64, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 6.67, 5.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.02 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.02 5.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9411, 42.8738, 46.0496)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABAE #ABBCB9

analogous

#BCABB6 #BCABAE #BCB0AB

triadic

#BCABAE #AEBCAB #ABAEBC

tetradic

#BCABAE #B6BCAB #ABBCB9 #B0ABBC

square

#BCABAE #B6BCAB #ABBCB9 #B0ABBC

split-complementary

#BCABAE #ABBCB0 #ABB6BC

monochromatic

#84696E #A1898D #BCABAE #D7CDCF #F1EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BCABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABAE

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABAE	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.020 5.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4c6',
    500: '#bcabae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabae;
$custom-light: #d0c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75656,
    "c": 0.02005,
    "h": 5.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABAE

secondary

#DFE4E3

accent

#958950

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABAE

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

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