#CAA8A6#CAA8A6

#CAA8A6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.040 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA8A6
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(3, 25%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(3, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 17.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, 12.08, 5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 13.35, 25.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% 0.0372 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.04 22)
XYZ	xyz(45.2427, 43.3165, 42.0467)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA8A6 #A6C8CA

analogous

#CAA6B6 #CAA8A6 #CABAA6

triadic

#CAA8A6 #A6CAA8 #A8A6CA

tetradic

#CAA8A6 #B6CAA6 #A6C8CA #BAA6CA

square

#CAA8A6 #B6CAA6 #A6C8CA #BAA6CA

split-complementary

#CAA8A6 #A6CABA #A6B6CA

monochromatic

#9A5F5C #B38380 #CAA8A6 #E1CDCC #F4ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CAA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA8A6

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA8A6	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.040 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2c0',
    500: '#caa8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa8a6;
$custom-light: #dac2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 25.352,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76122,
    "c": 0.04011,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.43315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA8A6

secondary

#E1EAEA

accent

#9EA442

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF7F7

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA8A6

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

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