#C8A8A7#C8A8A7

#C8A8A7 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.038 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8A7
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(2, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(2, 17%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 16.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, 11.50, 4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 12.49, 22.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0353 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.038 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7970, 43.0760, 42.5065)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8A7 #A7C7C8

analogous

#C8A7B7 #C8A8A7 #C8B9A7

triadic

#C8A8A7 #A7C8A8 #A8A7C8

tetradic

#C8A8A7 #B7C8A7 #A7C7C8 #B9A7C8

square

#C8A8A7 #B7C8A7 #A7C7C8 #B9A7C8

split-complementary

#C8A8A7 #A7C8B9 #A7B7C8

monochromatic

#97605E #B08381 #C8A8A7 #E0CDCD #F3ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C8A8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8A7

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8A7	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.038 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1c1',
    500: '#c8a8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8a7;
$custom-light: #d9c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75959,
    "c": 0.03762,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8A7

secondary

#E1E9EA

accent

#9FA244

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8A7

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

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