#C8AAA5#C8AAA5

#C8AAA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.036 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAA5
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(9, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(9, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 10.09, 6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 12.07, 33.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0314 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.036 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9856, 43.7468, 41.6643)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAA5 #A5C3C8

analogous

#C8A5B2 #C8AAA5 #C8BCA5

triadic

#C8AAA5 #A5C8AA #AAA5C8

tetradic

#C8AAA5 #B2C8A5 #A5C3C8 #BCA5C8

square

#C8AAA5 #B2C8A5 #A5C3C8 #BCA5C8

split-complementary

#C8AAA5 #A5C8BC #A5B2C8

monochromatic

#97645C #B1867F #C8AAA5 #DFCECB #F3EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C8AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAA5

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAA5	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)

#B0ADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.036 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3bf',
    500: '#c8aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aaa5;
$custom-light: #d9c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76296,
    "c": 0.03594,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAA5

secondary

#E0E8E9

accent

#95A343

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAA5

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

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