#C8B8B8#C8B8B8

#C8B8B8 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.018 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B8B8
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 184)
HSL	hsl(0, 13%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 8%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, 5.67, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 6.03, 19.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% 0.0174 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.018 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6108, 50.0218, 52.3798)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B8B8 #B8C8C8

analogous

#C8B8C0 #C8B8B8 #C8C0B8

triadic

#C8B8B8 #B8C8B8 #B8B8C8

tetradic

#C8B8B8 #C0C8B8 #B8C8C8 #C0B8C8

square

#C8B8B8 #C0C8B8 #B8C8C8 #C0B8C8

split-complementary

#C8B8B8 #B8C8C0 #B8C0C8

monochromatic

#937373 #AD9696 #C8B8B8 #E3DADA #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C8B8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C8B8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B8B8

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B8B8	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.018 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cdcd',
    500: '#c8b8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b8b8;
$custom-light: #d8cdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79597,
    "c": 0.01826,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B8B8

secondary

#889C9C

accent

#97974F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFA

border

#D4D3D3

text

#141313

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B8B8

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

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