#C8BCB9#C8BCB9

#C8BCB9 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.014 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BCB9
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(12, 12%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(12, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 3.70, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 4.78, 39.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0118 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.014 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5586, 51.7492, 53.2147)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BCB9 #B9C5C8

analogous

#C8B9BD #C8BCB9 #C8C3B9

triadic

#C8BCB9 #B9C8BC #BCB9C8

tetradic

#C8BCB9 #BDC8B9 #B9C5C8 #C3B9C8

square

#C8BCB9 #BDC8B9 #B9C5C8 #C3B9C8

split-complementary

#C8BCB9 #B9C8C3 #B9BDC8

monochromatic

#927A74 #AD9B97 #C8BCB9 #E3DDDB #F2EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C8BCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C8BCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BCB9

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BCB9	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.014 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d0ce',
    500: '#c8bcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bcb9;
$custom-light: #d8d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80426,
    "c": 0.01428,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BCB9

secondary

#89989C

accent

#88964F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BCB9

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

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