#C8A8AA#C8A8AA

#C8A8AA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.038 H 13.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8AA
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(356, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(356, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 11.98, 3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 12.43, 15.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0365 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.038 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0776, 43.1882, 43.9840)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8AA #A8C8C6

analogous

#C8A8BA #C8A8AA #C8B6A8

triadic

#C8A8AA #AAC8A8 #A8AAC8

tetradic

#C8A8AA #BAC8A8 #A8C8C6 #B6A8C8

square

#C8A8AA #BAC8A8 #A8C8C6 #B6A8C8

split-complementary

#C8A8AA #A8C8B6 #A8BAC8

monochromatic

#965F63 #B08385 #C8A8AA #E0CDCF #F3ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C8A8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8AA

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8AA	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.038 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2c3',
    500: '#c8a8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8aa;
$custom-light: #d9c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76044,
    "c": 0.03757,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8AA

secondary

#E1EAE9

accent

#A19B45

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8AA

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

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