#C8A8A4#C8A8A4

#C8A8A4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.038 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8A8A4
RGBrgb(200, 168, 164)
HSLhsl(7, 25%, 71%)
HSVhsv(7, 18%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16%, 18%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(71.53, 11.02, 6.42)
CIE-LCHlch(71.53, 12.76, 30.22°)
OKLaboklab(75.88% 0.0341 0.0169)
OKLCHoklch(75.88% 0.038 26.4)
XYZxyz(44.5229, 42.9664, 41.0628)
Luminance0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8A8A4 #A4C4C8
analogous
#C8A4B2 #C8A8A4 #C8BAA4
triadic
#C8A8A4 #A4C8A8 #A8A4C8
tetradic
#C8A8A4 #B2C8A4 #A4C4C8 #BAA4C8
square
#C8A8A4 #B2C8A4 #A4C4C8 #BAA4C8
split-complementary
#C8A8A4 #A4C8BA #A4B2C8
monochromatic
#97625B #B1847E #C8A8A4 #DFCCCA #F3EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#C8A8A4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59
#C8A8A4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8A4
9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8A8A4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8A8A41.002.199.599.59
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5921.001.001.00
##0000009.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEACA4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5B2A4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D0A5A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8a8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.038 26.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1bf',
    500: '#c8a8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8a8a4;
$custom-light: #d9c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8a8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 24.658,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75877,
    "c": 0.0381,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8A8A4
secondary
#DFE8E9
accent
#98A342
background
#FDFBFB
surface
#FAF7F6
border
#D3D0D0
text
#141212
muted
#838181

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#C8A8A4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva