#CAA8A8#CAA8A8

#CAA8A8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.040 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA8A8
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 16.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 12.40, 4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 13.24, 20.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.038 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.04 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4276, 43.3904, 43.0204)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA8A8 #A8CACA

analogous

#CAA8B9 #CAA8A8 #CAB9A8

triadic

#CAA8A8 #A8CAA8 #A8A8CA

tetradic

#CAA8A8 #B9CAA8 #A8CACA #B9A8CA

square

#CAA8A8 #B9CAA8 #A8CACA #B9A8CA

split-complementary

#CAA8A8 #A8CAB9 #A8B9CA

monochromatic

#9A5E5E #B38282 #CAA8A8 #E1CECE #F3ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CAA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA8A8

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA8A8	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.040 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2c1',
    500: '#caa8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa8a8;
$custom-light: #dac2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76177,
    "c": 0.03994,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA8A8

secondary

#E1EAEA

accent

#A3A343

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF7F7

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA8A8

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

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