Pinkish Grey#C8ACA9

#C8ACA9 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.033 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Pinkish Grey — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#C8ACA9
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 169)
HSL	hsl(6, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(6, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, 9.64, 5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 11.00, 28.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% 0.0299 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.033 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7332, 44.6502, 43.7377)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ACA9 #A9C5C8

analogous

#C8A9B6 #C8ACA9 #C8BBA9

triadic

#C8ACA9 #A9C8AC #ACA9C8

tetradic

#C8ACA9 #B6C8A9 #A9C5C8 #BBA9C8

square

#C8ACA9 #B6C8A9 #A9C5C8 #BBA9C8

split-complementary

#C8ACA9 #A9C8BB #A9B6C8

monochromatic

#966560 #B08884 #C8ACA9 #E0D0CE #F3EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8ACA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C8ACA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ACA9

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ACA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ACA9	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B4A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.033 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c4c2',
    500: '#c8aca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aca9;
$custom-light: #d9c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76798,
    "c": 0.03301,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ACA9

secondary

#E2E9E9

accent

#98A045

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F7

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ACA9

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