#BCACAE#BCACAE

#BCACAE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.019 H 8.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCACAE
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(353, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(353, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 6.09, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 6.19, 9.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0184 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.019 8.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1307, 43.2530, 46.1128)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCACAE #ACBCBA

analogous

#BCACB6 #BCACAE #BCB2AC

triadic

#BCACAE #AEBCAC #ACAEBC

tetradic

#BCACAE #B6BCAC #ACBCBA #B2ACBC

square

#BCACAE #B6BCAC #ACBCBA #B2ACBC

split-complementary

#BCACAE #ACBCB2 #ACB6BC

monochromatic

#836A6D #A18A8D #BCACAE #D7CECF #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BCACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCACAE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCACAE	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcacae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.019 8.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcacae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 10.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75857,
    "c": 0.01866,
    "h": 8.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCACAE

secondary

#E0E4E4

accent

#958C51

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCACAE

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

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