#C4ACA8#C4ACA8

#C4ACA8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.029 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4ACA8
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(9, 19%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(9, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 14.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 8.00, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 9.57, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.025 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.029 29)
XYZ	xyz(44.5850, 44.0690, 43.1957)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4ACA8 #A8C0C4

analogous

#C4A8B2 #C4ACA8 #C4BAA8

triadic

#C4ACA8 #A8C4AC #ACA8C4

tetradic

#C4ACA8 #B2C4A8 #A8C0C4 #BAA8C4

square

#C4ACA8 #B2C4A8 #A8C0C4 #BAA8C4

split-complementary

#C4ACA8 #A8C4BA #A8B2C4

monochromatic

#906862 #AB8984 #C4ACA8 #DDCFCC #F3EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#C4ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4ACA8

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4ACA8	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.029 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c4c1',
    500: '#c4aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aca8;
$custom-light: #d6c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 19.178,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76402,
    "c": 0.02858,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.44068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4ACA8

secondary

#E0E6E8

accent

#919E48

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F7

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4ACA8

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

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