#c8bab9

Color #c8bab9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.4 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-300 #d8d2d0 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c8bab9

RGB

rgb(200, 186, 185)

HSL

hsl(4, 12%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(4, 7.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7%, 7.5%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(76.62, 4.77, 2.29)

LCH

lch(76.62, 5.29, 25.64)

OKLCH

oklch(80%, 0.016, 22.4)

HWB

hwb(4, 72.5%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9c7c8

Analogous

#c8b9c0

#c8bab9

#c8c2b9

Triadic

#c8bab9

#b9c8ba

#bab9c8

Split-complementary

#c8bab9

#b9c8c2

#b9c0c8

Tetradic

#c8bab9

#c7c8b9

#b9c7c8

#bab9c8

Square

#c8bab9

#c0c8b9

#b9c7c8

#c2b9c8

Shades

Color #c8bab9 mixed toward black.

#ac9795

#907371

#6c5655

#483a38

#241d1c

Tints

Color #c8bab9 mixed toward white.

#d1c6c5

#dad1d0

#e4dddc

#ede8e8

#f6f4f3

Tones

Color #c8bab9 mixed toward gray.

#c7bbba

#c6bcbc

#c4bdbd

#c3bebe

#c2bfbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c2b9 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#c3c4b9 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#c7b9b9 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 6.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8bab9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8bab9]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Frequently asked questions

#c8bab9 (#c8bab9) is rgb(200, 186, 185) in RGB.

No, #c8bab9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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