#C8685E#C8685E

#C8685E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.124 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8685E
RGB	rgb(200, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(6, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 37.10, 23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 43.66, 31.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.1101 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.124 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7923, 22.9914, 13.4037)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8685E #5EBEC8

analogous

#C85E89 #C8685E #C89D5E

triadic

#C8685E #5EC868 #685EC8

tetradic

#C8685E #89C85E #5EBEC8 #9D5EC8

square

#C8685E #89C85E #5EBEC8 #9D5EC8

split-complementary

#C8685E #5EC89D #5E89C8

monochromatic

#80342C #AE463B #C8685E #D8938C #E7BEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C8685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C8685E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8685E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8685E	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F775D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D95966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.124 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd958b',
    500: '#c8685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8685e;
$custom-light: #dd958b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.66,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62673,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8685E

secondary

#ACD2D6

accent

#CCD94F

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2F0

border

#D5CCCB

text

#160D0C

muted

#847E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8685E

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

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