#C8A8A3#C8A8A3

#C8A8A3 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.038 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8A3
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 163)
HSL	hsl(8, 25%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(8, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 18.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 10.87, 6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 12.89, 32.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0337 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.038 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4329, 42.9304, 40.5891)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8A3 #A3C3C8

analogous

#C8A3B0 #C8A8A3 #C8BAA3

triadic

#C8A8A3 #A3C8A8 #A8A3C8

tetradic

#C8A8A3 #B0C8A3 #A3C3C8 #BAA3C8

square

#C8A8A3 #B0C8A3 #A3C3C8 #BAA3C8

split-complementary

#C8A8A3 #A3C8BA #A3B0C8

monochromatic

#97625A #B1847D #C8A8A3 #DFCCC9 #F4EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8A8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C8A8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8A3

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8A3	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B2A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.038 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1be',
    500: '#c8a8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8a3;
$custom-light: #d9c1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.108,
    "s": 25.17,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7585,
    "c": 0.03836,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8A3

secondary

#DFE7E8

accent

#96A442

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8A3

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

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