#C8A099#C8A099

#C8A099 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.049 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A099
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 153)
HSL	hsl(9, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(9, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 13.71, 9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 16.55, 34.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0424 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.049 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1404, 39.7226, 35.5783)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A099 #99C1C8

analogous

#C899AA #C8A099 #C8B899

triadic

#C8A099 #99C8A0 #A099C8

tetradic

#C8A099 #AAC899 #99C1C8 #B899C8

square

#C8A099 #AAC899 #99C1C8 #B899C8

split-complementary

#C8A099 #99C8B8 #99AAC8

monochromatic

#965B51 #B37B71 #C8A099 #DDC5C1 #F3EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C8A099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A099

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A099	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.049 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcb7',
    500: '#c8a099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a099;
$custom-light: #d9bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.936,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7403,
    "c": 0.04883,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A099

secondary

#D8E3E5

accent

#99A93D

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A099

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

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