#C8A9AF#C8A9AF

#C8A9AF is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.037 H 4.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A9AF
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 175)
HSL	hsl(348, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(348, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 12.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 12.26, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 12.31, 5.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0369 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.037 4.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7449, 43.7517, 46.5843)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A9AF #A9C8C2

analogous

#C8A9BF #C8A9AF #C8B3A9

triadic

#C8A9AF #AFC8A9 #A9AFC8

tetradic

#C8A9AF #BFC8A9 #A9C8C2 #B3A9C8

square

#C8A9AF #BFC8A9 #A9C8C2 #B3A9C8

split-complementary

#C8A9AF #A9C8B3 #A9BFC8

monochromatic

#96606B #B0848C #C8A9AF #E0CED2 #F3ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8A9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C8A9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A9AF

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A9AF	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.037 4.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2c6',
    500: '#c8a9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a9af;
$custom-light: #d9c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.387,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76382,
    "c": 0.03701,
    "h": 4.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A9AF

secondary

#E2E9E8

accent

#A08F45

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF7F8

border

#D3D0D1

text

#141213

muted

#838182

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A9AF

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

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