#C4AEAC#C4AEAC

#C4AEAC is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.026 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AEAC
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 172)
HSL	hsl(5, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(5, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 12.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, 7.58, 3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 8.53, 27.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% 0.0235 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.026 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3469, 44.9874, 45.3164)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AEAC #ACC2C4

analogous

#C4ACB6 #C4AEAC #C4BAAC

triadic

#C4AEAC #ACC4AE #AEACC4

tetradic

#C4AEAC #B6C4AC #ACC2C4 #BAACC4

square

#C4AEAC #B6C4AC #ACC2C4 #BAACC4

split-complementary

#C4AEAC #ACC4BA #ACB6C4

monochromatic

#906A66 #AB8B88 #C4AEAC #DDD1D0 #F2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C4AEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C4AEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AEAC

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AEAC	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aeac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.026 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c6c4',
    500: '#c4aeac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aeac;
$custom-light: #d6c6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aeac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 16.901,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76911,
    "c": 0.02571,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AEAC

secondary

#E2E8E9

accent

#949B4A

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF8F8

border

#D3D1D1

text

#141312

muted

#838281

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AEAC

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

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