#C8A39E#C8A39E

#C8A39E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.045 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A39E
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 158)
HSL	hsl(7, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(7, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 21%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, 12.82, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 14.97, 31.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0396 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.045 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0884, 40.9440, 37.9744)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A39E #9EC3C8

analogous

#C89EAE #C8A39E #C8B89E

triadic

#C8A39E #9EC8A3 #A39EC8

tetradic

#C8A39E #AEC89E #9EC3C8 #B89EC8

square

#C8A39E #AEC89E #9EC3C8 #B89EC8

split-complementary

#C8A39E #9EC8B8 #9EAEC8

monochromatic

#965D55 #B27E77 #C8A39E #DEC8C5 #F4ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A39E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C8A39E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A39E

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A39E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A39E	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.045 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beba',
    500: '#c8a39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a39e;
$custom-light: #d9beba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.143,
    "s": 27.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74742,
    "c": 0.04453,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A39E

secondary

#DBE5E7

accent

#9AA63F

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A39E

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

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