#C8A5AB#C8A5AB

#C8A5AB is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.042 H 6.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A5AB
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 171)
HSL	hsl(350, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(350, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 13.78, 1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 13.89, 7.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0416 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.042 6.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6250, 42.1313, 44.3016)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A5AB #A5C8C2

analogous

#C8A5BD #C8A5AB #C8B1A5

triadic

#C8A5AB #ABC8A5 #A5ABC8

tetradic

#C8A5AB #BDC8A5 #A5C8C2 #B1A5C8

square

#C8A5AB #BDC8A5 #A5C8C2 #B1A5C8

split-complementary

#C8A5AB #A5C8B1 #A5BDC8

monochromatic

#975C66 #B17F88 #C8A5AB #DFCBCE #F3ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8A5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C8A5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A5AB

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A5AB	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.042 6.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfc4',
    500: '#c8a5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a5ab;
$custom-light: #d9bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.714,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75491,
    "c": 0.04183,
    "h": 6.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A5AB

secondary

#E0E9E7

accent

#A39243

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF7F8

border

#D3D0D1

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A5AB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →