#C49CA2#C49CA2

#C49CA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.048 H 8.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49CA2
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(351, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(351, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 17.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 15.78, 2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 15.98, 9.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0477 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.048 8.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1751, 38.1229, 39.3649)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49CA2 #9CC4BE

analogous

#C49CB6 #C49CA2 #C4AA9C

triadic

#C49CA2 #A2C49C #9CA2C4

tetradic

#C49CA2 #B6C49C #9CC4BE #AA9CC4

square

#C49CA2 #B6C49C #9CC4BE #AA9CC4

split-complementary

#C49CA2 #9CC4AA #9CB6C4

monochromatic

#90565E #AD767E #C49CA2 #DBC2C6 #F2E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C49CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C49CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49CA2

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49CA2	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.048 8.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b9bd',
    500: '#c49ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49ca2;
$custom-light: #d6b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 25.316,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73111,
    "c": 0.04823,
    "h": 8.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49CA2

secondary

#D8E4E2

accent

#A49542

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49CA2

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

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