#C8ACAE#C8ACAE

#C8ACAE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.033 H 13.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ACAE
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(356, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(356, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, 10.46, 2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 10.81, 14.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% 0.0318 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.033 13)
XYZ	xyz(46.2115, 44.8416, 46.2572)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ACAE #ACC8C6

analogous

#C8ACBC #C8ACAE #C8B8AC

triadic

#C8ACAE #AEC8AC #ACAEC8

tetradic

#C8ACAE #BCC8AC #ACC8C6 #B8ACC8

square

#C8ACAE #BCC8AC #ACC8C6 #B8ACC8

split-complementary

#C8ACAE #ACC8B8 #ACBCC8

monochromatic

#966367 #B0878A #C8ACAE #E0D1D2 #F3EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C8ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ACAE

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ACAE	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEAAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.033 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c4c6',
    500: '#c8acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8acae;
$custom-light: #d9c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 20.29,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76938,
    "c": 0.03268,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.4484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ACAE

secondary

#E2E9E9

accent

#9F9847

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF8F8

border

#D3D1D1

text

#141213

muted

#838182

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ACAE

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

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