#C4AEB2#C4AEB2

#C4AEB2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.026 H 5.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AEB2
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(349, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(349, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, 8.60, 0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 8.64, 5.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% 0.0258 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.026 5.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9362, 45.2231, 48.4199)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AEB2 #AEC4C0

analogous

#C4AEBD #C4AEB2 #C4B5AE

triadic

#C4AEB2 #B2C4AE #AEB2C4

tetradic

#C4AEB2 #BDC4AE #AEC4C0 #B5AEC4

square

#C4AEB2 #BDC4AE #AEC4C0 #B5AEC4

split-complementary

#C4AEB2 #AEC4B5 #AEBDC4

monochromatic

#8F686F #AA8B90 #C4AEB2 #DED1D4 #F2EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C4AEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C4AEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AEB2

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AEB2	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.026 5.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c6c9',
    500: '#c4aeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aeb2;
$custom-light: #d6c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77084,
    "c": 0.02595,
    "h": 5.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AEB2

secondary

#E3E8E7

accent

#9A8C4C

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF8F8

border

#D3D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#838282

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AEB2

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

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