#C8A197#C8A197

#C8A197 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.049 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A197
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 151)
HSL	hsl(12, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(12, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 12.87, 10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 16.71, 39.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.04 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.049 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1507, 40.0052, 34.7737)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A197 #97BEC8

analogous

#C897A6 #C8A197 #C8BA97

triadic

#C8A197 #97C8A1 #A197C8

tetradic

#C8A197 #A6C897 #97BEC8 #BA97C8

square

#C8A197 #A6C897 #97BEC8 #BA97C8

split-complementary

#C8A197 #97C8BA #97A6C8

monochromatic

#965D4F #B37D6F #C8A197 #DDC5BF #F2E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C8A197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A197

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A197	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.049 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcb5',
    500: '#c8a197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a197;
$custom-light: #d9bcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.245,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74171,
    "c": 0.04868,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A197

secondary

#D6E2E5

accent

#93AA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A197

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

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