#C8A49E#C8A49E

#C8A49E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.044 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A49E
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(9, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 21%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 12.28, 8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 14.70, 33.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.038 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.044 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2667, 41.3005, 38.0338)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A49E #9EC2C8

analogous

#C89EAD #C8A49E #C8B99E

triadic

#C8A49E #9EC8A4 #A49EC8

tetradic

#C8A49E #ADC89E #9EC2C8 #B99EC8

square

#C8A49E #ADC89E #9EC2C8 #B99EC8

split-complementary

#C8A49E #9EC8B9 #9EADC8

monochromatic

#965F55 #B27F77 #C8A49E #DEC9C5 #F4EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C8A49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A49E

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A49E	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.044 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfba',
    500: '#c8a49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a49e;
$custom-light: #d9bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 27.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.04356,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A49E

secondary

#DBE5E7

accent

#98A63F

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A49E

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