#C8A9AA#C8A9AA

#C8A9AA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.036 H 15.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9AA
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(358, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(358, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, 11.44, 3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 12.02, 17.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0349 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.036 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2629, 43.5589, 44.0458)
Luminance	0.4356 (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

#C8A9AA #A9C8C7

analogous

#C8A9B9 #C8A9AA #C8B8A9

triadic

#C8A9AA #AAC8A9 #A9AAC8

tetradic

#C8A9AA #B9C8A9 #A9C8C7 #B8A9C8

square

#C8A9AA #B9C8A9 #A9C8C7 #B8A9C8

split-complementary

#C8A9AA #A9C8B8 #A9B9C8

monochromatic

#966062 #B08485 #C8A9AA #E0CECF #F3ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C8A9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9AA

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9AA	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.036 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2c3',
    500: '#c8a9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9aa;
$custom-light: #d9c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.065,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76238,
    "c": 0.0363,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9AA

secondary

#E2E9E9

accent

#A09D45

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9AA

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

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