#C8A196#C8A196

#C8A196 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.049 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A196
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 150)
HSL	hsl(13, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(13, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, 12.73, 11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 16.94, 41.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0396 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.049 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0698, 39.9729, 34.3478)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A196 #96BDC8

analogous

#C896A4 #C8A196 #C8BA96

triadic

#C8A196 #96C8A1 #A196C8

tetradic

#C8A196 #A4C896 #96BDC8 #BA96C8

square

#C8A196 #A4C896 #96BDC8 #BA96C8

split-complementary

#C8A196 #96C8BA #96A4C8

monochromatic

#955E4E #B37D6E #C8A196 #DDC5BE #F2E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#C8A196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A196

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A196	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.049 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcb4',
    500: '#c8a196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a196;
$custom-light: #d9bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.2,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74146,
    "c": 0.04912,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A196

secondary

#D5E1E4

accent

#92AA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A196

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

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