#CAC8CA#CAC8CA

#CAC8CA is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.004 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8CA
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, 1.05, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 1.30, 324.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% 0.0029 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.004 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.6703, 58.1294, 64.1529)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8CA #C8CAC8

analogous

#C9C8CA #CAC8CA #CAC8C9

triadic

#CAC8CA #CACAC8 #C8CACA

tetradic

#CAC8CA #CAC9C8 #C8CAC8 #C8C9CA

square

#CAC8CA #CAC9C8 #C8CAC8 #C8C9CA

split-complementary

#CAC8CA #C9CAC8 #C8CAC9

monochromatic

#8E8A8E #ACA9AC #CAC8CA #E8E7E8 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CAC8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#CAC8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8CA

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8CA	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.004 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8da',
    500: '#cac8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8ca;
$custom-light: #dad8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 1.852,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83497,
    "c": 0.00351,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8CA

secondary

#9A9C9A

accent

#8C5A5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8CA

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

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