#C8A8AC#C8A8AC

#C8A8AC is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.038 H 9.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8AC
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(353, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(353, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 14%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 12.31, 2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 12.52, 10.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.0373 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.038 9.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2682, 43.2645, 44.9880)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8AC #A8C8C4

analogous

#C8A8BC #C8A8AC #C8B4A8

triadic

#C8A8AC #ACC8A8 #A8ACC8

tetradic

#C8A8AC #BCC8A8 #A8C8C4 #B4A8C8

square

#C8A8AC #BCC8A8 #A8C8C4 #B4A8C8

split-complementary

#C8A8AC #A8C8B4 #A8BCC8

monochromatic

#965F66 #B08388 #C8A8AC #E0CDD0 #F3ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C8A8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8AC

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8AC	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.038 9.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2c4',
    500: '#c8a8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8ac;
$custom-light: #d9c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76101,
    "c": 0.03779,
    "h": 9.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8AC

secondary

#E1EAE9

accent

#A19545

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF7F8

border

#D3D0D1

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8AC

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

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