#C4B2AE#C4B2AE

#C4B2AE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.022 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B2AE
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(11, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(11, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, 5.75, 4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 7.23, 37.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% 0.0182 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.022 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3247, 46.6334, 46.5970)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B2AE #AEC0C4

analogous

#C4AEB5 #C4B2AE #C4BDAE

triadic

#C4B2AE #AEC4B2 #B2AEC4

tetradic

#C4B2AE #B5C4AE #AEC0C4 #BDAEC4

square

#C4B2AE #B5C4AE #AEC0C4 #BDAEC4

split-complementary

#C4B2AE #AEC4BD #AEB5C4

monochromatic

#8F6F68 #AA908B #C4B2AE #DED4D1 #F2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C4B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C4B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B2AE

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B2AE	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.022 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c9c6',
    500: '#c4b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b2ae;
$custom-light: #d6c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77765,
    "c": 0.02154,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B2AE

secondary

#E3E7E8

accent

#8C9A4C

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF8F8

border

#D3D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#838282

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B2AE

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

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