#C8A8A5#C8A8A5

#C8A8A5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.038 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8A5
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(5, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(5, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 11.18, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 12.64, 27.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% 0.0345 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.038 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6136, 43.0026, 41.5403)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8A5 #A5C5C8

analogous

#C8A5B4 #C8A8A5 #C8BAA5

triadic

#C8A8A5 #A5C8A8 #A8A5C8

tetradic

#C8A8A5 #B4C8A5 #A5C5C8 #BAA5C8

square

#C8A8A5 #B4C8A5 #A5C5C8 #BAA5C8

split-complementary

#C8A8A5 #A5C8BA #A5B4C8

monochromatic

#97615C #B1837F #C8A8A5 #DFCDCB #F3EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8A8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C8A8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8A5

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8A5	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.038 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1bf',
    500: '#c8a8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8a5;
$custom-light: #d9c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75904,
    "c": 0.03789,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8A5

secondary

#E0E8E9

accent

#9AA343

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8A5

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

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