#C8AAAC#C8AAAC

#C8AAAC is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.035 H 13.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AAAC
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(356, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(356, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 14%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 11.22, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 11.62, 15.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0342 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.035 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6403, 44.0086, 45.1120)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AAAC #AAC8C6

analogous

#C8AABB #C8AAAC #C8B7AA

triadic

#C8AAAC #ACC8AA #AAACC8

tetradic

#C8AAAC #BBC8AA #AAC8C6 #B7AAC8

square

#C8AAAC #BBC8AA #AAC8C6 #B7AAC8

split-complementary

#C8AAAC #AAC8B7 #AABBC8

monochromatic

#966165 #B08588 #C8AAAC #E0CFD0 #F3ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8AAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C8AAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AAAC

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AAAC	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.035 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c3c4',
    500: '#c8aaac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aaac;
$custom-light: #d9c3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7649,
    "c": 0.03511,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AAAC

secondary

#E2E9E9

accent

#A09A46

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF7F8

border

#D3D0D1

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AAAC

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

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