#C8B8B6#C8B8B6

#C8B8B6 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.019 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B8B6
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 182)
HSL	hsl(7, 14%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(7, 9%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 9%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, 5.33, 3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 6.15, 29.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% 0.0166 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.019 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4026, 49.9385, 51.2835)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B8B6 #B6C6C8

analogous

#C8B6BD #C8B8B6 #C8C1B6

triadic

#C8B8B6 #B6C8B8 #B8B6C8

tetradic

#C8B8B6 #BDC8B6 #B6C6C8 #C1B6C8

square

#C8B8B6 #BDC8B6 #B6C6C8 #C1B6C8

split-complementary

#C8B8B6 #B6C8C1 #B6BDC8

monochromatic

#937470 #AE9693 #C8B8B6 #E2DAD9 #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8B8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#C8B8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B8B6

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B8B6	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.019 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cdcb',
    500: '#c8b8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b8b6;
$custom-light: #d8cdcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 14.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7954,
    "c": 0.01852,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B8B6

secondary

#E3E7E8

accent

#90984D

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF9F8

border

#D3D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#838282

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B8B6

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

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