#C8A09C#C8A09C

#C8A09C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.048 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A09C
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(5, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(5, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 22%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 14.16, 7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 16.12, 28.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0436 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.048 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3913, 39.8230, 36.8997)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A09C #9CC4C8

analogous

#C89CAE #C8A09C #C8B69C

triadic

#C8A09C #9CC8A0 #A09CC8

tetradic

#C8A09C #AEC89C #9CC4C8 #B69CC8

square

#C8A09C #AEC89C #9CC4C8 #B69CC8

split-complementary

#C8A09C #9CC8B6 #9CAEC8

monochromatic

#965953 #B27A75 #C8A09C #DEC6C3 #F4ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C8A09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A09C

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A09C	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)

#A8A59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.048 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcb9',
    500: '#c8a09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a09c;
$custom-light: #d9bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74109,
    "c": 0.04806,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A09C

secondary

#DAE5E6

accent

#9EA73E

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A09C

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

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