#C8B4B4#C8B4B4

#C8B4B4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.023 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B4B4
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 180)
HSL	hsl(0, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 10%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, 7.14, 2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 7.60, 20.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% 0.0219 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.023 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3782, 48.2181, 49.9297)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B4B4 #B4C8C8

analogous

#C8B4BE #C8B4B4 #C8BEB4

triadic

#C8B4B4 #B4C8B4 #B4B4C8

tetradic

#C8B4B4 #BEC8B4 #B4C8C8 #BEB4C8

square

#C8B4B4 #BEC8B4 #B4C8C8 #BEB4C8

split-complementary

#C8B4B4 #B4C8BE #B4BEC8

monochromatic

#946D6D #AE9191 #C8B4B4 #E2D7D7 #F2EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C8B4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C8B4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B4B4

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B4B4	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.023 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8caca',
    500: '#c8b4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b4b4;
$custom-light: #d8caca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78686,
    "c": 0.02299,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B4B4

secondary

#E3E8E8

accent

#9A9A4C

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF8F8

border

#D3D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#838282

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B4B4

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

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