#C8A9AC#C8A9AC

#C8A9AC is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.036 H 11.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9AC
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 172)
HSL	hsl(354, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(354, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 14%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, 11.76, 2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 12.06, 12.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0357 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.036 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4535, 43.6351, 45.0498)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9AC #A9C8C5

analogous

#C8A9BB #C8A9AC #C8B6A9

triadic

#C8A9AC #ACC8A9 #A9ACC8

tetradic

#C8A9AC #BBC8A9 #A9C8C5 #B6A9C8

square

#C8A9AC #BBC8A9 #A9C8C5 #B6A9C8

split-complementary

#C8A9AC #A9C8B6 #A9BBC8

monochromatic

#966065 #B08488 #C8A9AC #E0CED0 #F3ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C8A9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9AC

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9AC	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.036 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2c4',
    500: '#c8a9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9ac;
$custom-light: #d9c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.194,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76295,
    "c": 0.03643,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9AC

secondary

#E2E9E9

accent

#A09845

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF7F8

border

#D3D0D1

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9AC

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

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