#CAC8C2#CAC8C2

#CAC8C2 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.009 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8C2
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 194)
HSL	hsl(45, 7%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(45, 4%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -0.38, 3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 3.26, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0002 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.009 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7476, 57.7603, 59.2932)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8C2 #C2C4CA

analogous

#CAC4C2 #CAC8C2 #C8CAC2

triadic

#CAC8C2 #C2CAC8 #C8C2CA

tetradic

#CAC8C2 #C2CAC4 #C2C4CA #CAC2C8

square

#CAC8C2 #C2CAC4 #C2C4CA #CAC2C8

split-complementary

#CAC8C2 #C2C8CA #C4C2CA

monochromatic

#918D81 #AEAAA1 #CAC8C2 #E6E6E3 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CAC8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#CAC8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8C2

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8C2	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC8C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC8C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.009 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8d4',
    500: '#cac8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8c2;
$custom-light: #dad8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 7.018,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83268,
    "c": 0.00854,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8C2

secondary

#93969D

accent

#649155

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8C2

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

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