#C4AAAE#C4AAAE

#C4AAAE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.031 H 7.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AAAE
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(351, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(351, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 10.09, 1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 10.19, 8.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0304 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.031 7.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7792, 43.5423, 46.0818)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AAAE #AAC4C0

analogous

#C4AABB #C4AAAE #C4B3AA

triadic

#C4AAAE #AEC4AA #AAAEC4

tetradic

#C4AAAE #BBC4AA #AAC4C0 #B3AAC4

square

#C4AAAE #BBC4AA #AAC4C0 #B3AAC4

split-complementary

#C4AAAE #AAC4B3 #AABBC4

monochromatic

#90646B #AB868C #C4AAAE #DDCED0 #F2EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C4AAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C4AAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AAAE

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AAAE	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.031 7.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c3c6',
    500: '#c4aaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aaae;
$custom-light: #d6c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 18.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76178,
    "c": 0.03069,
    "h": 7.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AAAE

secondary

#E2E8E7

accent

#9C9049

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF7F8

border

#D3D0D1

text

#141213

muted

#838182

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AAAE

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

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