#C8B9BC#C8B9BC

#C8B9BC is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.018 H 3.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B9BC
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(348, 12%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(348, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, 5.83, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 5.84, 3.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.0175 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.018 3.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2444, 50.6088, 54.6888)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B9BC #B9C8C5

analogous

#C8B9C3 #C8B9BC #C8BDB9

triadic

#C8B9BC #BCC8B9 #B9BCC8

tetradic

#C8B9BC #C3C8B9 #B9C8C5 #BDB9C8

square

#C8B9BC #C3C8B9 #B9C8C5 #BDB9C8

split-complementary

#C8B9BC #B9C8BD #B9C3C8

monochromatic

#92747A #AD979B #C8B9BC #E3DBDD #F2EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C8B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B9BC

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B9BC	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.018 3.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ced0',
    500: '#c8b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b9bc;
$custom-light: #d8ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79912,
    "c": 0.0175,
    "h": 3.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B9BC

secondary

#899C98

accent

#96884F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFB

border

#D4D3D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B9BC

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

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