#C48B8A#C48B8A

#C48B8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.070 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48B8A
RGB	rgb(196, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(1, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, 21.58, 9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 23.47, 23.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% 0.0658 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.07 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5859, 32.0381, 28.2968)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48B8A #8AC3C4

analogous

#C48AA6 #C48B8A #C4A88A

triadic

#C48B8A #8AC48B #8B8AC4

tetradic

#C48B8A #A6C48A #8AC3C4 #A88AC4

square

#C48B8A #A6C48A #8AC3C4 #A88AC4

split-complementary

#C48B8A #8AC4A8 #8AA6C4

monochromatic

#8D4847 #AF6361 #C48B8A #D9B3B3 #EDDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C48B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#C48B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48B8A

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48B8A	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.070 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7adac',
    500: '#c48b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48b8a;
$custom-light: #d7adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.034,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69248,
    "c": 0.07003,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48B8A

secondary

#CBDEDF

accent

#AAAC3A

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48B8A

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

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