#C8A198#C8A198

#C8A198 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.048 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A198
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 152)
HSL	hsl(11, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(11, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 24%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 13.02, 10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 16.50, 37.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0404 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.048 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2322, 40.0378, 35.2032)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A198 #98BFC8

analogous

#C898A7 #C8A198 #C8B998

triadic

#C8A198 #98C8A1 #A198C8

tetradic

#C8A198 #A7C898 #98BFC8 #B998C8

square

#C8A198 #A7C898 #98BFC8 #B998C8

split-complementary

#C8A198 #98C8B9 #98A7C8

monochromatic

#965D50 #B37D70 #C8A198 #DDC5C0 #F3EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#C8A198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A198

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A198	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.048 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcb6',
    500: '#c8a198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a198;
$custom-light: #d9bcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 30.38,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74197,
    "c": 0.04828,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A198

secondary

#D7E2E5

accent

#95A93C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A198

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

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