#C8A9AB#C8A9AB

#C8A9AB is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.036 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9AB
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 171)
HSL	hsl(356, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(356, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 11.60, 3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 12.03, 15.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0353 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.036 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3578, 43.5969, 44.5459)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9AB #A9C8C6

analogous

#C8A9BB #C8A9AB #C8B7A9

triadic

#C8A9AB #ABC8A9 #A9ABC8

tetradic

#C8A9AB #BBC8A9 #A9C8C6 #B7A9C8

square

#C8A9AB #BBC8A9 #A9C8C6 #B7A9C8

split-complementary

#C8A9AB #A9C8B7 #A9BBC8

monochromatic

#966064 #B08487 #C8A9AB #E0CECF #F3ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C8A9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9AB

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9AB	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.036 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2c4',
    500: '#c8a9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9ab;
$custom-light: #d9c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.129,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76267,
    "c": 0.03634,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9AB

secondary

#E2E9E9

accent

#A09B45

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF7F8

border

#D3D0D1

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9AB

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

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