#CBACAE#CBACAE

#CBACAE is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.036 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBACAE
RGB	rgb(203, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(356, 23%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(356, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 11.56, 3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 11.98, 15.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.0352 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.036 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0208, 45.2589, 46.2951)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBACAE #ACCBC9

analogous

#CBACBD #CBACAE #CBB9AC

triadic

#CBACAE #AECBAC #ACAECB

tetradic

#CBACAE #BDCBAC #ACCBC9 #B9ACCB

square

#CBACAE #BDCBAC #ACCBC9 #B9ACCB

split-complementary

#CBACAE #ACCBB9 #ACBDCB

monochromatic

#9B6165 #B38689 #CBACAE #E3D2D3 #F3ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CBACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#CBACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBACAE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBACAE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbacae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.036 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc4c6',
    500: '#cbacae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbacae;
$custom-light: #dbc4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbacae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.129,
    "s": 22.963,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77217,
    "c": 0.03621,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBACAE

secondary

#E1EAE9

accent

#A19B44

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FBF8F8

border

#D4D1D1

text

#151213

muted

#838182

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBACAE

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

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