#C8A09D#C8A09D

#C8A09D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.048 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A09D
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(4, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(4, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 21.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 14.31, 7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 16.01, 26.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.044 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.048 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4763, 39.8570, 37.3475)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A09D #9DC5C8

analogous

#C89DAF #C8A09D #C8B69D

triadic

#C8A09D #9DC8A0 #A09DC8

tetradic

#C8A09D #AFC89D #9DC5C8 #B69DC8

square

#C8A09D #AFC89D #9DC5C8 #B69DC8

split-complementary

#C8A09D #9DC8B6 #9DAFC8

monochromatic

#965954 #B27A76 #C8A09D #DEC6C4 #F4ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C8A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A09D

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A09D	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.048 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcb9',
    500: '#c8a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a09d;
$custom-light: #d9bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.186,
    "s": 28.105,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74136,
    "c": 0.04788,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A09D

secondary

#DAE6E6

accent

#9FA73F

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A09D

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

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