#C8A8A9#C8A8A9

#C8A8A9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.038 H 15.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8A9
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(358, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(358, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, 11.82, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 12.43, 18.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0361 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.038 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9833, 43.1505, 43.4877)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8A9 #A8C8C7

analogous

#C8A8B9 #C8A8A9 #C8B7A8

triadic

#C8A8A9 #A9C8A8 #A8A9C8

tetradic

#C8A8A9 #B9C8A8 #A8C8C7 #B7A8C8

square

#C8A8A9 #B9C8A8 #A8C8C7 #B7A8C8

split-complementary

#C8A8A9 #A8C8B7 #A8B9C8

monochromatic

#965F61 #B08384 #C8A8A9 #E0CDCE #F3ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C8A8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8A9

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8A9	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.038 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1c2',
    500: '#c8a8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8a9;
$custom-light: #d9c1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.125,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76015,
    "c": 0.03753,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8A9

secondary

#E1EAE9

accent

#A19E45

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8A9

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

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