#CAB8B8#CAB8B8

#CAB8B8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.021 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB8B8
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 184)
HSL	hsl(0, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 8.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, 6.39, 2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 6.80, 19.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0196 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.021 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1485, 50.2990, 52.4050)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB8B8 #B8CACA

analogous

#CAB8C1 #CAB8B8 #CAC1B8

triadic

#CAB8B8 #B8CAB8 #B8B8CA

tetradic

#CAB8B8 #C1CAB8 #B8CACA #C1B8CA

square

#CAB8B8 #C1CAB8 #B8CACA #C1B8CA

split-complementary

#CAB8B8 #B8CAC1 #B8C1CA

monochromatic

#967272 #B09595 #CAB8B8 #E4DBDB #F2EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CAB8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#CAB8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB8B8

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB8B8	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.021 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacdcd',
    500: '#cab8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab8b8;
$custom-light: #dacdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 14.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7977,
    "c": 0.02057,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB8B8

secondary

#889E9E

accent

#99994D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFA

border

#D4D3D3

text

#141313

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB8B8

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

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