#C48C8A#C48C8A

#C48C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.069 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C8A
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(2, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 21.03, 9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 23.11, 24.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0641 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.069 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7314, 32.3290, 28.3452)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C8A #8AC2C4

analogous

#C48AA5 #C48C8A #C4A98A

triadic

#C48C8A #8AC48C #8C8AC4

tetradic

#C48C8A #A5C48A #8AC2C4 #A98AC4

square

#C48C8A #A5C48A #8AC2C4 #A98AC4

split-complementary

#C48C8A #8AC4A9 #8AA5C4

monochromatic

#8D4947 #AF6461 #C48C8A #D9B4B3 #EDDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#C48C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#C48C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C8A

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C8A	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.069 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7aeac',
    500: '#c48c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c8a;
$custom-light: #d7aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.069,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69433,
    "c": 0.0688,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C8A

secondary

#CBDEDF

accent

#A8AC3A

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C8A

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

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