#C48D8A#C48D8A

#C48D8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.068 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D8A
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(3, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(3, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 20.48, 9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 22.75, 25.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.0625 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.068 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8782, 32.6226, 28.3942)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D8A #8AC1C4

analogous

#C48AA4 #C48D8A #C4AA8A

triadic

#C48D8A #8AC48D #8D8AC4

tetradic

#C48D8A #A4C48A #8AC1C4 #AA8AC4

square

#C48D8A #A4C48A #8AC1C4 #AA8AC4

split-complementary

#C48D8A #8AC4AA #8AA4C4

monochromatic

#8D4B47 #AF6561 #C48D8A #D9B5B3 #EDDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#C48D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#C48D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D8A

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D8A	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.068 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7aeac',
    500: '#c48d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d8a;
$custom-light: #d7aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.103,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69619,
    "c": 0.0676,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D8A

secondary

#CBDEDF

accent

#A6AC3A

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D8A

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

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