#C8A8A0#C8A8A0

#C8A8A0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.039 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8A0
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(12, 27%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(12, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 20%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 10.40, 8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 13.42, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0325 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.039 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1673, 42.8241, 39.1902)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8A0 #A0C0C8

analogous

#C8A0AC #C8A8A0 #C8BCA0

triadic

#C8A8A0 #A0C8A8 #A8A0C8

tetradic

#C8A8A0 #ACC8A0 #A0C0C8 #BCA0C8

square

#C8A8A0 #ACC8A0 #A0C0C8 #BCA0C8

split-complementary

#C8A8A0 #A0C8BC #A0ACC8

monochromatic

#966457 #B28579 #C8A8A0 #DECBC7 #F4EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8A8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C8A8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8A0

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8A0	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.039 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1bc',
    500: '#c8a8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8a0;
$custom-light: #d9c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7577,
    "c": 0.03941,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8A0

secondary

#DCE5E7

accent

#91A540

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8A0

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

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