#C2A8A8#C2A8A8

#C2A8A8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.030 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A8A8
RGB	rgb(194, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 13.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 9.44, 3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 10.07, 20.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.029 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.03 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3183, 42.3028, 42.9215)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A8A8 #A8C2C2

analogous

#C2A8B5 #C2A8A8 #C2B5A8

triadic

#C2A8A8 #A8C2A8 #A8A8C2

tetradic

#C2A8A8 #B5C2A8 #A8C2C2 #B5A8C2

square

#C2A8A8 #B5C2A8 #A8C2C2 #B5A8C2

split-complementary

#C2A8A8 #A8C2B5 #A8B5C2

monochromatic

#8D6363 #A98484 #C2A8A8 #DBCCCC #F2EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C2A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A8A8

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A8A8	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.030 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c1c1',
    500: '#c2a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a8a8;
$custom-light: #d4c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 17.568,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75427,
    "c": 0.03041,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A8A8

secondary

#DFE6E6

accent

#9C9C4A

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A8A8

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

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