#C8B9BB#C8B9BB

#C8B9BB is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.017 H 8.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B9BB
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(352, 12%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(352, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 5.65, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 5.73, 9.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0171 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.017 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1370, 50.5658, 54.1230)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B9BB #B9C8C6

analogous

#C8B9C2 #C8B9BB #C8BEB9

triadic

#C8B9BB #BBC8B9 #B9BBC8

tetradic

#C8B9BB #C2C8B9 #B9C8C6 #BEB9C8

square

#C8B9BB #C2C8B9 #B9C8C6 #BEB9C8

split-complementary

#C8B9BB #B9C8BE #B9C2C8

monochromatic

#927478 #AD979A #C8B9BB #E3DBDC #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8B9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C8B9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B9BB

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B9BB	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.017 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cecf',
    500: '#c8b9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b9bb;
$custom-light: #d8cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79882,
    "c": 0.01726,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B9BB

secondary

#899C99

accent

#968D4F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFB

border

#D4D3D4

text

#141313

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B9BB

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

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