#C8AAA9#C8AAA9

#C8AAA9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.035 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAA9
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(2, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(2, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, 10.73, 4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 11.66, 23.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.033 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.035 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3554, 43.8947, 43.6118)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAA9 #A9C7C8

analogous

#C8A9B8 #C8AAA9 #C8B9A9

triadic

#C8AAA9 #A9C8AA #AAA9C8

tetradic

#C8AAA9 #B8C8A9 #A9C7C8 #B9A9C8

square

#C8AAA9 #B8C8A9 #A9C7C8 #B9A9C8

split-complementary

#C8AAA9 #A9C8B9 #A9B8C8

monochromatic

#966260 #B08584 #C8AAA9 #E0CFCE #F3EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C8AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAA9

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAA9	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.035 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3c2',
    500: '#c8aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aaa9;
$custom-light: #d9c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.935,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76406,
    "c": 0.03514,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAA9

secondary

#E2E9E9

accent

#9DA045

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAA9

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

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