#C8A9AE#C8A9AE

#C8A9AE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.037 H 7.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9AE
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(350, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(350, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 12.09, 1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 12.20, 7.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0365 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.037 7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6470, 43.7125, 46.0690)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9AE #A9C8C3

analogous

#C8A9BD #C8A9AE #C8B4A9

triadic

#C8A9AE #AEC8A9 #A9AEC8

tetradic

#C8A9AE #BDC8A9 #A9C8C3 #B4A9C8

square

#C8A9AE #BDC8A9 #A9C8C3 #B4A9C8

split-complementary

#C8A9AE #A9C8B4 #A9BDC8

monochromatic

#966069 #B0848B #C8A9AE #E0CED1 #F3ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C8A9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9AE

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9AE	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.037 7.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2c6',
    500: '#c8a9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9ae;
$custom-light: #d9c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.323,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76353,
    "c": 0.03677,
    "h": 7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9AE

secondary

#E2E9E8

accent

#A09245

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF7F8

border

#D3D0D1

text

#141213

muted

#838182

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9AE

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

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