#C8AEAE#C8AEAE

#C8AEAE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.030 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AEAE
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, 9.37, 3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 9.99, 20.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% 0.0288 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.03 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5951, 45.6086, 46.3850)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AEAE #AEC8C8

analogous

#C8AEBB #C8AEAE #C8BBAE

triadic

#C8AEAE #AEC8AE #AEAEC8

tetradic

#C8AEAE #BBC8AE #AEC8C8 #BBAEC8

square

#C8AEAE #BBC8AE #AEC8C8 #BBAEC8

split-complementary

#C8AEAE #AEC8BB #AEBBC8

monochromatic

#966666 #AF8A8A #C8AEAE #E1D2D2 #F3EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C8AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AEAE

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AEAE	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.030 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6c6',
    500: '#c8aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aeae;
$custom-light: #d9c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77331,
    "c": 0.0302,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AEAE

secondary

#E2E9E9

accent

#9D9D48

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF8F8

border

#D3D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#838282

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AEAE

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

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