#C5ABA9#C5ABA9

#C5ABA9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.030 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5ABA9
RGB	rgb(197, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(4, 19%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(4, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 14.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 9.08, 4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 10.13, 26.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0281 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.031 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7500, 43.8618, 43.6373)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5ABA9 #A9C3C5

analogous

#C5A9B5 #C5ABA9 #C5B9A9

triadic

#C5ABA9 #A9C5AB #ABA9C5

tetradic

#C5ABA9 #B5C5A9 #A9C3C5 #B9A9C5

square

#C5ABA9 #B5C5A9 #A9C3C5 #B9A9C5

split-complementary

#C5ABA9 #A9C5B9 #A9B5C5

monochromatic

#916662 #AC8784 #C5ABA9 #DECFCE #F3EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C5ABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C5ABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5ABA9

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5ABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5ABA9	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5aba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.030 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c4c2',
    500: '#c5aba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5aba9;
$custom-light: #d6c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5aba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 19.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76324,
    "c": 0.0305,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5ABA9

secondary

#E1E8E8

accent

#989E48

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F7

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5ABA9

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

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