#C8A5AA#C8A5AA

#C8A5AA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.042 H 8.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5AA
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(351, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(351, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 13.62, 2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 13.80, 9.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0412 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.042 8.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5301, 42.0933, 43.8015)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5AA #A5C8C3

analogous

#C8A5BC #C8A5AA #C8B2A5

triadic

#C8A5AA #AAC8A5 #A5AAC8

tetradic

#C8A5AA #BCC8A5 #A5C8C3 #B2A5C8

square

#C8A5AA #BCC8A5 #A5C8C3 #B2A5C8

split-complementary

#C8A5AA #A5C8B2 #A5BCC8

monochromatic

#975C64 #B17F86 #C8A5AA #DFCBCE #F3ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8A5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C8A5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5AA

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5AA	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.042 8.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfc3',
    500: '#c8a5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5aa;
$custom-light: #d9bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.04163,
    "h": 8.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5AA

secondary

#E0E9E8

accent

#A39543

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5AA

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

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