#bcacae

Color #bcacae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.66 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bcacae

RGB

rgb(188, 172, 174)

HSL

hsl(352.5, 10.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(352.5, 8.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 7.4%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(71.73, 6.09, 1.06)

LCH

lch(71.73, 6.18, 9.87)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.0186, 8.96)

HWB

hwb(352.5, 67.5%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acbcba

Analogous

#bcacb6

#bcacae

#bcb2ac

Triadic

#bcacae

#aebcac

#acaebc

Split-complementary

#bcacae

#acbcb2

#acb6bc

Tetradic

#bcacae

#bcbaac

#acbcba

#acaebc

Square

#bcacae

#b6bcac

#acbcba

#b2acbc

Shades

Color #bcacae mixed toward black.

#a18b8e

#856b6e

#645053

#423637

#211b1c

Tints

Color #bcacae mixed toward white.

#c7babc

#d2c8c9

#ded6d7

#e9e3e4

#f4f1f2

Tones

Color #bcacae mixed toward gray.

#bbadaf

#b9afb0

#b8b0b1

#b7b1b2

#b5b3b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5ae · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#b6b7ad · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#bbadad · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcacae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcacae]

Related colors

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Pink #ffc0cb

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#bcacae (#bcacae) is rgb(188, 172, 174) in RGB.

No, #bcacae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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