#C8ABA9#C8ABA9

#C8ABA9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.034 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ABA9
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(4, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(4, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 10.19, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 11.32, 25.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% 0.0314 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.034 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5436, 44.2710, 43.6745)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ABA9 #A9C6C8

analogous

#C8A9B7 #C8ABA9 #C8BBA9

triadic

#C8ABA9 #A9C8AB #ABA9C8

tetradic

#C8ABA9 #B7C8A9 #A9C6C8 #BBA9C8

square

#C8ABA9 #B7C8A9 #A9C6C8 #BBA9C8

split-complementary

#C8ABA9 #A9C8BB #A9B7C8

monochromatic

#966460 #B08784 #C8ABA9 #E0CFCE #F3EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8ABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C8ABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ABA9

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ABA9	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B4A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.034 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c4c2',
    500: '#c8aba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aba9;
$custom-light: #d9c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76601,
    "c": 0.03404,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ABA9

secondary

#E2E9E9

accent

#9BA045

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F7

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ABA9

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

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