Pinkish Grey #C8ACA9

About this color

#C8ACA9 is a medium-light, muted red. In OKLCH its lightness is 77%, its chroma 0.033 and its hue 25°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Pinkish Grey. Black text reads best on it, at 9.92:1.

Colors that go with Pinkish Grey

Matches found by rotating Pinkish Grey around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Pinkish Grey

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Pinkish Grey, closest first.

• Champagne and Blush
• Terracotta and Cactus
• Champagne and Lace
• Ivory Bouquet
• Biscotti Grind
• Champagne and Peony
• Gelato and Sherbet
• Cupcake Linen

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Pinkish Grey, with their ΔE distance.

• French Gray #ADB5BD ΔE 0.045
• Dark Gray #A9A9A9 ΔE 0.047
• Putty #BEAE8A ΔE 0.049
• Faded Pink #DE9DAC ΔE 0.051
• Silver #C0C0C0 ΔE 0.052
• Tan #D2B48C ΔE 0.053
• Mushroom #BA9E88 ΔE 0.056
• Pinkish Tan #D99B82 ΔE 0.058

More about Pinkish Grey

• Shades of gray
• What gray means

How to make Pinkish Grey

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts white
• 3 parts gray
• 1 part red

Recipe result: #C6A8AE, a difference of ΔE 0.016 from Pinkish Grey. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make gray? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Pinkish Grey in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Pinkish Grey

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F8F4F4

   oklch(97% 0.004 17.2)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F0E7E7

   oklch(93.5% 0.01 17.3)

3. Step 200

   200

   #E5D5D3

   oklch(88.5% 0.018 26.1)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #C8ACA9

   oklch(76.8% 0.033 25.1)

5. Step 400

   400

   #C09490

   oklch(70.7% 0.054 24.5)

6. Step 500

   500

   #AF7A75

   oklch(63.2% 0.067 25.2)

7. Step 600

   600

   #9A625D

   oklch(55.6% 0.074 25.3)

8. Step 700

   700

   #83514D

   oklch(49% 0.068 24.8)

9. Step 800

   800

   #6B433F

   oklch(42.8% 0.056 25.9)

10. Step 900

    900

    #573836

    oklch(37.7% 0.045 23.5)

11. Step 950

    950

    #33211F

    oklch(27% 0.028 26.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Pinkish Grey with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.