#C4ACA6#C4ACA6

#C4ACA6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.029 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4ACA6
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 166)
HSL	hsl(12, 20%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(12, 15%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 15.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 7.68, 6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 9.91, 39.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0242 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.029 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4002, 43.9951, 42.2220)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4ACA6 #A6BEC4

analogous

#C4A6AF #C4ACA6 #C4BBA6

triadic

#C4ACA6 #A6C4AC #ACA6C4

tetradic

#C4ACA6 #AFC4A6 #A6BEC4 #BBA6C4

square

#C4ACA6 #AFC4A6 #A6BEC4 #BBA6C4

split-complementary

#C4ACA6 #A6C4BB #A6AFC4

monochromatic

#906960 #AC8A81 #C4ACA6 #DCCECB #F3EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4ACA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C4ACA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4ACA6

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4ACA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4ACA6	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.029 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c4c0',
    500: '#c4aca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aca6;
$custom-light: #d6c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 20.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76348,
    "c": 0.0293,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4ACA6

secondary

#DFE5E7

accent

#8D9F47

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F7

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4ACA6

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

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