#C8AEBA colour

#C8AEBA is a light greyish pink close to CSS silver. RGB 200, 174, 186, HSL 332, 19%, 73%. Black text passes AAA (10.22:1), white fails (2.05:1).

#C8AEBA

Nearest CSS name: silver #c0c0c0 (not an exact match)
Described as: a light greyish pink
Red, green, blue: 200, 174, 186
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.461 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#c8aeba`
RGB	`rgb(200, 174, 186)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(78.4% 68.2% 72.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(332.3, 19.1%, 73.3%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(332.3, 13%, 78.4%)`
HWB	`hwb(332.3 68.2% 21.6%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 13%, 7%, 22%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(73.66% 11.22 -2.5)`
OKLCH	`oklch(77.68% 0.0341 348.34)`
Decimal	`13151930`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.05:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 10.22:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.05:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	10.22:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #C8AEBA (10.22:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#cdb5c0 18%#d2bdc7 27%#d7c4cd 36%#dccbd3 45%#e1d3d9 55%#e6dae0 64%#ebe2e6 73%#f0e9ec 82%#f5f0f2 91%#faf8f9

9%#b69ea9 18%#a48e98 27%#917f87 36%#7f6f76 45%#6d5f65 55%#5b4f55 64%#493f44 73%#372f33 82%#242022 91%#121011

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#c8aeba #aec8bc

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#c8aec7 #c8aeba #c8afae

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#c8aeba #bac8ae #aebac8

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#c8aeba #aec8af #aec7c8

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#c8aeba #c7c8ae #aec8bc #afaec8

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#c8aeba Protanopia#b0b2ba Deuteranopia#b5b6b9 Tritanopia#ccaeb2 Achromatopsia#b5b5b5

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #c8aeba;`
Background	`background-color: #c8aeba;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #c8aeba;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(200 174 186 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #c8aeba;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8aeba, #786870);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #deced6, #c8aeba);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #c8aeba; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #C8AEBA to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.