#C8AAAA#C8AAAA

#C8AAAA is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.035 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAAA
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(0, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 10.89, 4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 11.62, 20.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% 0.0334 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.035 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4496, 43.9324, 44.1081)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAAA #AAC8C8

analogous

#C8AAB9 #C8AAAA #C8B9AA

triadic

#C8AAAA #AAC8AA #AAAAC8

tetradic

#C8AAAA #B9C8AA #AAC8C8 #B9AAC8

square

#C8AAAA #B9C8AA #AAC8C8 #B9AAC8

split-complementary

#C8AAAA #AAC8B9 #AAB9C8

monochromatic

#966161 #B08585 #C8AAAA #E0CFCF #F3ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8AAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C8AAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAAA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAAA	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.035 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3c3',
    500: '#c8aaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aaaa;
$custom-light: #d9c3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76434,
    "c": 0.03509,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAAA

secondary

#E2E9E9

accent

#A0A046

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAAA

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

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