#C8A09F#C8A09F

#C8A09F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.048 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A09F
RGB	rgb(200, 160, 159)
HSL	hsl(1, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(1, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 20.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 14.61, 6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 15.85, 22.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0448 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.048 20)
XYZ	xyz(42.6485, 39.9258, 38.2541)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A09F #9FC7C8

analogous

#C89FB2 #C8A09F #C8B49F

triadic

#C8A09F #9FC8A0 #A09FC8

tetradic

#C8A09F #B2C89F #9FC7C8 #B49FC8

square

#C8A09F #B2C89F #9FC7C8 #B49FC8

split-complementary

#C8A09F #9FC8B4 #9FB2C8

monochromatic

#965856 #B27978 #C8A09F #DEC7C6 #F4ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C8A09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A09F

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A09F	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)

#A7A59F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 160, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.048 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcbb',
    500: '#c8a09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a09f;
$custom-light: #d9bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.463,
    "s": 27.152,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7419,
    "c": 0.04763,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.39924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A09F

secondary

#DCE7E7

accent

#A3A640

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A09F

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

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