#C4B2B2#C4B2B2

#C4B2B2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.021 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B2B2
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 178)
HSL	hsl(0, 13%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 6.43, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 6.84, 19.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.0197 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.021 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7205, 46.7917, 48.6813)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B2B2 #B2C4C4

analogous

#C4B2BB #C4B2B2 #C4BBB2

triadic

#C4B2B2 #B2C4B2 #B2B2C4

tetradic

#C4B2B2 #BBC4B2 #B2C4C4 #BBB2C4

square

#C4B2B2 #BBC4B2 #B2C4C4 #BBB2C4

split-complementary

#C4B2B2 #B2C4BB #B2BBC4

monochromatic

#8E6D6D #A98F8F #C4B2B2 #DFD5D5 #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C4B2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#C4B2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B2B2

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B2B2	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.021 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c9c9',
    500: '#c4b2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b2b2;
$custom-light: #d6c9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 13.235,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77879,
    "c": 0.02071,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B2B2

secondary

#E3E8E8

accent

#97974E

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF8F8

border

#D3D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#838282

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B2B2

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

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