#C8A09B#C8A09B

#C8A09B is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.048 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A09B
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 155)
HSL	hsl(7, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(7, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 22.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 14.01, 8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 16.24, 30.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0432 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.048 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3070, 39.7892, 36.4556)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A09B #9BC3C8

analogous

#C89BAD #C8A09B #C8B79B

triadic

#C8A09B #9BC8A0 #A09BC8

tetradic

#C8A09B #ADC89B #9BC3C8 #B79BC8

square

#C8A09B #ADC89B #9BC3C8 #B79BC8

split-complementary

#C8A09B #9BC8B7 #9BADC8

monochromatic

#965A53 #B27A74 #C8A09B #DEC6C2 #F3EBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C8A09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A09B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A09B	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.048 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcb8',
    500: '#c8a09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a09b;
$custom-light: #d9bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74082,
    "c": 0.04828,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A09B

secondary

#D9E4E6

accent

#9CA83E

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A09B

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

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