#C4AAAA#C4AAAA

#C4AAAA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.030 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AAAA
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(0, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 13.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 9.42, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 10.04, 20.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.0289 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.03 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3950, 43.3886, 44.0586)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AAAA #AAC4C4

analogous

#C4AAB7 #C4AAAA #C4B7AA

triadic

#C4AAAA #AAC4AA #AAAAC4

tetradic

#C4AAAA #B7C4AA #AAC4C4 #B7AAC4

square

#C4AAAA #B7C4AA #AAC4C4 #B7AAC4

split-complementary

#C4AAAA #AAC4B7 #AAB7C4

monochromatic

#906464 #AB8686 #C4AAAA #DDCECE #F2EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C4AAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C4AAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AAAA

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AAAA	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.030 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c3c3',
    500: '#c4aaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aaaa;
$custom-light: #d6c3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 18.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76063,
    "c": 0.03034,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AAAA

secondary

#E2E8E8

accent

#9C9C49

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AAAA

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

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