#C8A69C#C8A69C

#C8A69C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.043 H 37.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A69C
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 156)
HSL	hsl(14, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(14, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 22%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 10.88, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 14.67, 42.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0341 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.043 37)
XYZ	xyz(43.4567, 41.9537, 37.2548)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A69C #9CBEC8

analogous

#C89CA8 #C8A69C #C8BC9C

triadic

#C8A69C #9CC8A6 #A69CC8

tetradic

#C8A69C #A8C89C #9CBEC8 #BC9CC8

square

#C8A69C #A8C89C #9CBEC8 #BC9CC8

split-complementary

#C8A69C #9CC8BC #9CA8C8

monochromatic

#966353 #B28375 #C8A69C #DEC9C3 #F4EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8A69C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C8A69C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A69C

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A69C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A69C	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a69c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.043 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0b9',
    500: '#c8a69c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a69c;
$custom-light: #d9c0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a69c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75273,
    "c": 0.04267,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.41952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A69C

secondary

#DAE3E6

accent

#8FA73E

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A69C

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

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