#C48C8B#C48C8B

#C48C8B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.069 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C8B
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(1, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(1, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 29.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, 21.17, 9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 23.02, 23.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0645 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.069 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8041, 32.3581, 28.7283)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C8B #8BC3C4

analogous

#C48BA6 #C48C8B #C4A88B

triadic

#C48C8B #8BC48C #8C8BC4

tetradic

#C48C8B #A6C48B #8BC3C4 #A88BC4

square

#C48C8B #A6C48B #8BC3C4 #A88BC4

split-complementary

#C48C8B #8BC4A8 #8BA6C4

monochromatic

#8D4948 #AF6462 #C48C8B #D9B4B4 #EDDCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#C48C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#C48C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C8B

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C8B	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)

#96948B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.069 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7aeac',
    500: '#c48c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c8b;
$custom-light: #d7aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.053,
    "s": 32.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69459,
    "c": 0.0687,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C8B

secondary

#CCDFDF

accent

#A9AB3A

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C8B

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

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