#C8BAB8#C8BAB8

#C8BAB8 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.016 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BAB8
RGB	rgb(200, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(8, 13%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(8, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 8%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, 4.60, 2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 5.38, 31.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80% 0.0144 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.016 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0291, 50.8585, 52.5193)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BAB8 #B8C6C8

analogous

#C8B8BE #C8BAB8 #C8C2B8

triadic

#C8BAB8 #B8C8BA #BAB8C8

tetradic

#C8BAB8 #BEC8B8 #B8C6C8 #C2B8C8

square

#C8BAB8 #BEC8B8 #B8C6C8 #C2B8C8

split-complementary

#C8BAB8 #B8C8C2 #B8BEC8

monochromatic

#937773 #AD9896 #C8BAB8 #E3DCDA #F2EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C8BAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C8BAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BAB8

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BAB8	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.016 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cecd',
    500: '#c8bab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bab8;
$custom-light: #d8cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79996,
    "c": 0.01622,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BAB8

secondary

#88999C

accent

#8E974F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141313

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BAB8

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

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