#BCAEAE#BCAEAE

#BCAEAE is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.016 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEAE
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 5.01, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 5.33, 19.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0154 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.016 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5143, 44.0200, 46.2406)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEAE #AEBCBC

analogous

#BCAEB5 #BCAEAE #BCB5AE

triadic

#BCAEAE #AEBCAE #AEAEBC

tetradic

#BCAEAE #B5BCAE #AEBCBC #B5AEBC

square

#BCAEAE #B5BCAE #AEBCBC #B5AEBC

split-complementary

#BCAEAE #AEBCB5 #AEB5BC

monochromatic

#836C6C #A08D8D #BCAEAE #D8CFCF #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEAE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEAE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.016 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6c6',
    500: '#bcaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaeae;
$custom-light: #d0c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7626,
    "c": 0.01613,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEAE

secondary

#E1E5E5

accent

#939352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEAE

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

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