#BCADAD#BCADAD

#BCADAD is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.017 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCADAD
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 173)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 5.38, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 5.72, 19.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0165 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.017 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2247, 43.5963, 45.6649)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCADAD #ADBCBC

analogous

#BCADB4 #BCADAD #BCB4AD

triadic

#BCADAD #ADBCAD #ADADBC

tetradic

#BCADAD #B4BCAD #ADBCBC #B4ADBC

square

#BCADAD #B4BCAD #ADBCBC #B4ADBC

split-complementary

#BCADAD #ADBCB4 #ADB4BC

monochromatic

#836B6B #A08B8B #BCADAD #D8CFCF #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCADAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCADAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCADAD

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCADAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCADAD	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcadad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.017 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5c5',
    500: '#bcadad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcadad;
$custom-light: #d0c5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcadad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7603,
    "c": 0.01732,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCADAD

secondary

#E0E4E4

accent

#949451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCADAD

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

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