#C8A5A2#C8A5A2

#C8A5A2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.042 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5A2
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 162)
HSL	hsl(5, 26%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(5, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 19%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 12.34, 6.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 13.89, 27.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0381 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.042 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7962, 41.7998, 39.9366)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5A2 #A2C5C8

analogous

#C8A2B2 #C8A5A2 #C8B8A2

triadic

#C8A5A2 #A2C8A5 #A5A2C8

tetradic

#C8A5A2 #B2C8A2 #A2C5C8 #B8A2C8

square

#C8A5A2 #B2C8A2 #A2C5C8 #B8A2C8

split-complementary

#C8A5A2 #A2C8B8 #A2B2C8

monochromatic

#975E59 #B1807C #C8A5A2 #DFCAC8 #F4ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8A5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C8A5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5A2

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5A2	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.042 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfbd',
    500: '#c8a5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5a2;
$custom-light: #d9bfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.737,
    "s": 25.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75238,
    "c": 0.04161,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5A2

secondary

#DEE7E8

accent

#9CA441

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5A2

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

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