#C8798B#C8798B

#C8798B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.101 H 5.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8798B
RGB	rgb(200, 121, 139)
HSL	hsl(346, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(346, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 30.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, 33.06, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 33.24, 6.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% 0.1002 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.101 5.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3182, 27.8208, 27.9309)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8798B #79C8B6

analogous

#C879B2 #C8798B #C88E79

triadic

#C8798B #8BC879 #798BC8

tetradic

#C8798B #B2C879 #79C8B6 #8E79C8

square

#C8798B #B2C879 #79C8B6 #8E79C8

split-complementary

#C8798B #79C88E #79B2C8

monochromatic

#8D3A4D #B64E65 #C8798B #DAA4B1 #ECD0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#C8798B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#C8798B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8798B

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8798B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8798B	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5737F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8798b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 121, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.101 5.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba1ac',
    500: '#c8798b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8798b;
$custom-light: #dba1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8798b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.329,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6656,
    "c": 0.1006,
    "h": 5.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8798B

secondary

#C0DDD6

accent

#B59731

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF3F4

border

#D4CDCE

text

#150F10

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8798B

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

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