#C8A096#C8A096

#C8A096 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.050 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A096
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 150)
HSL	hsl(12, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(12, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 13.28, 10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 17.13, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0412 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.05 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8958, 39.6247, 34.2897)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A096 #96BEC8

analogous

#C896A5 #C8A096 #C8B996

triadic

#C8A096 #96C8A0 #A096C8

tetradic

#C8A096 #A5C896 #96BEC8 #B996C8

square

#C8A096 #A5C896 #96BEC8 #B996C8

split-complementary

#C8A096 #96C8B9 #96A5C8

monochromatic

#955C4E #B37C6E #C8A096 #DDC4BE #F2E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C8A096 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A096

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A096	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.050 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcb4',
    500: '#c8a096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a096;
$custom-light: #d9bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73952,
    "c": 0.0499,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A096

secondary

#D5E1E4

accent

#94AA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A096

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

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