#C8A8AE#C8A8AE

#C8A8AE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.038 H 5.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8AE
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(349, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(349, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, 12.64, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 12.70, 5.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.038 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.038 5.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4617, 43.3419, 46.0072)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8AE #A8C8C2

analogous

#C8A8BE #C8A8AE #C8B2A8

triadic

#C8A8AE #AEC8A8 #A8AEC8

tetradic

#C8A8AE #BEC8A8 #A8C8C2 #B2A8C8

square

#C8A8AE #BEC8A8 #A8C8C2 #B2A8C8

split-complementary

#C8A8AE #A8C8B2 #A8BEC8

monochromatic

#965F6A #B0838B #C8A8AE #E0CDD1 #F3ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8A8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C8A8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8AE

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8AE	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.038 5.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2c6',
    500: '#c8a8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8ae;
$custom-light: #d9c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76159,
    "c": 0.03821,
    "h": 5.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8AE

secondary

#E1EAE8

accent

#A19045

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF7F8

border

#D3D0D1

text

#141213

muted

#838182

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8AE

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

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