#CAAEAE#CAAEAE

#CAAEAE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.033 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAEAE
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(0, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 13.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 10.11, 3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 10.78, 20.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% 0.031 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.033 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1328, 45.8859, 46.4102)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAEAE #AECACA

analogous

#CAAEBC #CAAEAE #CABCAE

triadic

#CAAEAE #AECAAE #AEAECA

tetradic

#CAAEAE #BCCAAE #AECACA #BCAECA

square

#CAAEAE #BCCAAE #AECACA #BCAECA

split-complementary

#CAAEAE #AECABC #AEBCCA

monochromatic

#996464 #B28989 #CAAEAE #E2D3D3 #F3EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#CAAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAEAE

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAEAE	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.033 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac6c6',
    500: '#caaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaeae;
$custom-light: #dac6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77514,
    "c": 0.03256,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAEAE

secondary

#E2E9E9

accent

#9F9F46

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF8F8

border

#D3D1D1

text

#151313

muted

#838282

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAEAE

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

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