Information about #BCB4AC color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#BCB4AC falls into the Orange Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(188, 180, 172) — 73.7% red, 70.6% green, 67.5% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 3 / 6 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained amber-leaning orange, #BCB4AC appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Milestone (#BEB1AC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Half Perfect Taupe (#BBB2A9) and Eighth Arrowtown (#BAB5A8).

The recipe behind #BCB4AC is rgb(188, 180, 172), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BCB4AC: 10.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.0:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BCB4AC is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BCB4AC color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BCB4AC color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BCB4AC color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BCB4AC color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BCB4AC color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BCB4AC color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #BCB4AC

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Milestone color link
Milestone

#BEB1AC

Half Perfect Taupe color link
Half Perfect Taupe

#BBB2A9

Eighth Arrowtown color link
Eighth Arrowtown

#BAB5A8

Truffle color link
Truffle

#BEB9AD

Half Foggy Grey color link
Half Foggy Grey

#B8B7AF

Half Cougar color link
Half Cougar

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Mist Grey color link
Mist Grey

#BAB9A9

Half Mountain Mist color link
Half Mountain Mist

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Grey Nickel color link
Grey Nickel

#BDBAAE

Tide color link
Tide

#BFB8B0

Pink Swan color link
Pink Swan

#BFB3B2

Fantail color link
Fantail

#BAAEA9

#BCB4AC color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BCB4AC
  • RGB188, 180, 172
  • CMYK0, 3, 6, 26
  • CSSrgb(188, 180, 172)
  • HSL30°, 11%, 71%
  • HSL Precise30°, 10.667%, 70.588%
  • HSV30°, 9%, 74%
  • HSB30°, 9%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.706
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.706, 0.675)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.706, 0.675, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.706, 0.675)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB70.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB67.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBCB4AC
  • DECIMAL ID12367020
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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