#C8A8A8#C8A8A8

#C8A8A8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.038 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8A8
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(0, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 11.66, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 12.45, 20.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0357 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.038 18)
XYZ	xyz(44.8898, 43.1131, 42.9952)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8A8 #A8C8C8

analogous

#C8A8B8 #C8A8A8 #C8B8A8

triadic

#C8A8A8 #A8C8A8 #A8A8C8

tetradic

#C8A8A8 #B8C8A8 #A8C8C8 #B8A8C8

square

#C8A8A8 #B8C8A8 #A8C8C8 #B8A8C8

split-complementary

#C8A8A8 #A8C8B8 #A8B8C8

monochromatic

#965F5F #B08383 #C8A8A8 #E0CDCD #F3ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C8A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8A8

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8A8	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)

#ADACA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.038 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1c1',
    500: '#c8a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8a8;
$custom-light: #d9c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75987,
    "c": 0.03755,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.43112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8A8

secondary

#E1EAEA

accent

#A1A145

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8A8

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

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