#C8998D#C8998D

#C8998D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.059 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8998D
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(12, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 29.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 15.84, 13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 20.56, 39.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0488 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.059 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0192, 36.9869, 30.2254)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8998D #8DBCC8

analogous

#C88D9F #C8998D #C8B78D

triadic

#C8998D #8DC899 #998DC8

tetradic

#C8998D #9FC88D #8DBCC8 #B78DC8

square

#C8998D #9FC88D #8DBCC8 #B78DC8

split-complementary

#C8998D #8DC8B7 #8D9FC8

monochromatic

#935747 #B47464 #C8998D #DCBEB6 #F0E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C8998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C8998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8998D

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8998D	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.059 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7ae',
    500: '#c8998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8998d;
$custom-light: #dab7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.203,
    "s": 34.911,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72381,
    "c": 0.05938,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8998D

secondary

#CFDEE2

accent

#96AE38

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8998D

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

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