#BCACA8#BCACA8

#BCACA8 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.019 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCACA8
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(12, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(12, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, 5.06, 4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 6.53, 39.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.016 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.019 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5588, 43.0243, 43.1007)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCACA8 #A8B8BC

analogous

#BCA8AE #BCACA8 #BCB6A8

triadic

#BCACA8 #A8BCAC #ACA8BC

tetradic

#BCACA8 #AEBCA8 #A8B8BC #B6A8BC

square

#BCACA8 #AEBCA8 #A8B8BC #B6A8BC

split-complementary

#BCACA8 #A8BCB6 #A8AEBC

monochromatic

#846C66 #A18B85 #BCACA8 #D7CDCB #F1EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BCACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCACA8

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCACA8	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.019 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4c1',
    500: '#bcaca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaca8;
$custom-light: #d0c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75685,
    "c": 0.01943,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCACA8

secondary

#DDE2E3

accent

#89974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCACA8

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

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