#BCACA9#BCACA9

#BCACA9 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.019 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCACA9
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 169)
HSL	hsl(9, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, 5.23, 3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 6.36, 34.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% 0.0165 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.019 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6524, 43.0617, 43.5933)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCACA9 #A9B9BC

analogous

#BCA9AF #BCACA9 #BCB6A9

triadic

#BCACA9 #A9BCAC #ACA9BC

tetradic

#BCACA9 #AFBCA9 #A9B9BC #B6A9BC

square

#BCACA9 #AFBCA9 #A9B9BC #B6A9BC

split-complementary

#BCACA9 #A9BCB6 #A9AFBC

monochromatic

#846B67 #A18B87 #BCACA9 #D7CDCB #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCACA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BCACA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCACA9

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCACA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCACA9	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.019 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4c2',
    500: '#bcaca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaca9;
$custom-light: #d0c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75713,
    "c": 0.01905,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCACA9

secondary

#DEE2E3

accent

#8B974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCACA9

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

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