#C8A8B0#C8A8B0

#C8A8B0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.039 H 1.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A8B0
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 176)
HSL	hsl(345, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(345, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 12%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 12.97, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 12.97, 1.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0388 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.039 1.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6581, 43.4205, 47.0417)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A8B0 #A8C8C0

analogous

#C8A8C0 #C8A8B0 #C8B0A8

triadic

#C8A8B0 #B0C8A8 #A8B0C8

tetradic

#C8A8B0 #C0C8A8 #A8C8C0 #B0A8C8

square

#C8A8B0 #C0C8A8 #A8C8C0 #B0A8C8

split-complementary

#C8A8B0 #A8C8B0 #A8C0C8

monochromatic

#965F6D #B0838E #C8A8B0 #E0CDD2 #F3ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8A8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C8A8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A8B0

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A8B0	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACADB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.039 1.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2c7',
    500: '#c8a8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a8b0;
$custom-light: #d9c2c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76218,
    "c": 0.03882,
    "h": 1.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A8B0

secondary

#E1EAE8

accent

#A18A45

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF7F8

border

#D3D0D1

text

#141213

muted

#838182

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A8B0

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

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