#C8A0A2#C8A0A2

#C8A0A2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.048 H 14.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A0A2
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 162)
HSL	hsl(357, 27%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(357, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 19%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 15.08, 4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 15.76, 16.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.046 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.048 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9120, 40.0312, 39.6418)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A0A2 #A0C8C6

analogous

#C8A0B6 #C8A0A2 #C8B2A0

triadic

#C8A0A2 #A2C8A0 #A0A2C8

tetradic

#C8A0A2 #B6C8A0 #A0C8C6 #B2A0C8

square

#C8A0A2 #B6C8A0 #A0C8C6 #B2A0C8

split-complementary

#C8A0A2 #A0C8B2 #A0B6C8

monochromatic

#96575A #B2797C #C8A0A2 #DEC7C8 #F4ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A0A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#C8A0A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A0A2

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A0A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A0A2	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ADA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a0a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.048 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcbd',
    500: '#c8a0a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a0a2;
$custom-light: #d9bcbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a0a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74273,
    "c": 0.04755,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A0A2

secondary

#DCE7E7

accent

#A5A040

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A0A2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →