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#BCA6AA

#bca6aa ≈ Silver Pink

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bca6aa is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 65.1% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.7% magenta, 9.57% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 349.09°, with 14.1% saturation and 69.41% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver Pink (#c4aead), ΔE 3.17.

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Relative luminance0.4087

Complementary

  1. #bca6aa
  2. #a6bcb8

Split complementary

  1. #bca6aa
  2. #a6bcad
  3. #a6b5bc

Analogous

  1. #bca6b5
  2. #bca6aa
  3. #bcada6

Triadic

  1. #bca6aa
  2. #aabca6
  3. #a6aabc

Tetradic

  1. #bca6aa
  2. #bcb8a6
  3. #a6bcb8
  4. #a6aabc

Square

  1. #bca6aa
  2. #b5bca6
  3. #a6bcb8
  4. #ada6bc

Monochromatic

  1. #73565b
  2. #9b7a80
  3. #bca6aa
  4. #ddd2d4
  5. #f6f3f4

Shades

#bca6aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca6aa
  2. #a99599
  3. #968588
  4. #847477
  5. #716466
  6. #5e5355
  7. #4b4244
  8. #383233
  9. #262122
  10. #131111
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca6aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca6aa
  2. #c3afb3
  3. #c9b8bb
  4. #d0c1c4
  5. #d7cacc
  6. #ded3d5
  7. #e4dbdd
  8. #ebe4e6
  9. #f2edee
  10. #f8f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca6aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca6aa
  2. #b6a2a6
  3. #b09ea2
  4. #aa9b9d
  5. #a49799
  6. #9e9395
  7. #988f91
  8. #928b8d
  9. #8c8888
  10. #868484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2a9ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a9aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeadaa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1a5a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a8aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4aaaa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfa5a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca6aa {
  color: #bca6aa;
}
Background
.bg-bca6aa {
  background-color: #bca6aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca6aa {
  border: 2px solid #bca6aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca6aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 166 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 14% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca6aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca6aa, #bcada6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca6aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 166 170 / 0.35);
}

#c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 3.17 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.94 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.75 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 9.06 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.10 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.10 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 10.11 #435955 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Silver Pink
#bca6aa  rgb(188, 166, 170)  hsl(349, 14%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#a6bcb8  rgb(166, 188, 184)  hsl(169, 14%, 69%)  Opal
#aabca6  rgb(170, 188, 166)  hsl(109, 14%, 69%)  Ash Gray
#a6aabc  rgb(166, 170, 188)  hsl(229, 14%, 69%)  Wild Blue Yonder