#C8A097#C8A097

#C8A097 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.050 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A097
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 151)
HSL	hsl(11, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(11, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 13.42, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 16.92, 37.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0416 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.05 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9766, 39.6571, 34.7156)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A097 #97BFC8

analogous

#C897A7 #C8A097 #C8B997

triadic

#C8A097 #97C8A0 #A097C8

tetradic

#C8A097 #A7C897 #97BFC8 #B997C8

square

#C8A097 #A7C897 #97BFC8 #B997C8

split-complementary

#C8A097 #97C8B9 #97A7C8

monochromatic

#965C4F #B37B6F #C8A097 #DDC5BF #F2E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C8A097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A097

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A097	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.050 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcb5',
    500: '#c8a097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a097;
$custom-light: #d9bcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.02,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73978,
    "c": 0.04951,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A097

secondary

#D6E2E5

accent

#95AA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A097

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

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