#C8B4B2#C8B4B2

#C8B4B2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.023 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4B2
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 178)
HSL	hsl(5, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(5, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, 6.80, 3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 7.70, 28.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% 0.0211 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.023 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1759, 48.1371, 48.8644)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4B2 #B2C6C8

analogous

#C8B2BB #C8B4B2 #C8BFB2

triadic

#C8B4B2 #B2C8B4 #B4B2C8

tetradic

#C8B4B2 #BBC8B2 #B2C6C8 #BFB2C8

square

#C8B4B2 #BBC8B2 #B2C6C8 #BFB2C8

split-complementary

#C8B4B2 #B2C8BF #B2BBC8

monochromatic

#956E6B #AF918E #C8B4B2 #E2D7D6 #F2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8B4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C8B4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4B2

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4B2	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.023 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cac9',
    500: '#c8b4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4b2;
$custom-light: #d8cac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7863,
    "c": 0.02321,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4B2

secondary

#E3E8E8

accent

#949B4B

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF8F8

border

#D3D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#838282

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4B2

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

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