#C4ACAA#C4ACAA

#C4ACAA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.028 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4ACAA
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(5, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(5, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 13.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, 8.33, 4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 9.34, 26.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0258 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.028 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7728, 44.1441, 44.1845)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4ACAA #AAC2C4

analogous

#C4AAB5 #C4ACAA #C4B9AA

triadic

#C4ACAA #AAC4AC #ACAAC4

tetradic

#C4ACAA #B5C4AA #AAC2C4 #B9AAC4

square

#C4ACAA #B5C4AA #AAC2C4 #B9AAC4

split-complementary

#C4ACAA #AAC4B9 #AAB5C4

monochromatic

#906764 #AB8986 #C4ACAA #DDCFCE #F2EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C4ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4ACAA

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4ACAA	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.028 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c4c3',
    500: '#c4acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4acaa;
$custom-light: #d6c4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 18.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76458,
    "c": 0.02811,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4ACAA

secondary

#E2E8E8

accent

#969C49

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F7

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4ACAA

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

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