#C8A09E#C8A09E

#C8A09E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.048 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A09E
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(3, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(3, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 21%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 14.46, 6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 15.92, 24.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0444 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.048 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5621, 39.8913, 37.7989)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A09E #9EC6C8

analogous

#C89EB1 #C8A09E #C8B59E

triadic

#C8A09E #9EC8A0 #A09EC8

tetradic

#C8A09E #B1C89E #9EC6C8 #B59EC8

square

#C8A09E #B1C89E #9EC6C8 #B59EC8

split-complementary

#C8A09E #9EC8B5 #9EB1C8

monochromatic

#965855 #B27A77 #C8A09E #DEC6C5 #F4ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C8A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A09E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A09E	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.048 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcba',
    500: '#c8a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a09e;
$custom-light: #d9bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 27.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74163,
    "c": 0.04774,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A09E

secondary

#DBE6E7

accent

#A1A63F

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A09E

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

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