#C8A8A6#C8A8A6

#C8A8A6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.038 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8A6
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(4, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(4, 17%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 11.34, 5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 12.55, 25.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0349 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.038 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7049, 43.0392, 42.0215)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8A6 #A6C6C8

analogous

#C8A6B5 #C8A8A6 #C8B9A6

triadic

#C8A8A6 #A6C8A8 #A8A6C8

tetradic

#C8A8A6 #B5C8A6 #A6C6C8 #B9A6C8

square

#C8A8A6 #B5C8A6 #A6C6C8 #B9A6C8

split-complementary

#C8A8A6 #A6C8B9 #A6B5C8

monochromatic

#97605D #B18380 #C8A8A6 #DFCDCC #F3EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8A8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C8A8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8A6

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8A6	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.038 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1c0',
    500: '#c8a8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8a6;
$custom-light: #d9c1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 23.611,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75932,
    "c": 0.03773,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8A6

secondary

#E1E9E9

accent

#9DA243

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8A6

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

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