#C98C8A#C98C8A

#C98C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.075 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98C8A
RGB	rgb(201, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(2, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 22.96, 10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 25.21, 24.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0699 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.075 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0540, 33.0110, 28.4072)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98C8A #8AC7C9

analogous

#C98AA8 #C98C8A #C9AC8A

triadic

#C98C8A #8AC98C #8C8AC9

tetradic

#C98C8A #A8C98A #8AC7C9 #AC8AC9

square

#C98C8A #A8C98A #8AC7C9 #AC8AC9

split-complementary

#C98C8A #8AC9AC #8AA8C9

monochromatic

#944744 #B66360 #C98C8A #DCB5B4 #F0DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C98C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#C98C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98C8A

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98C8A	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5858C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.075 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaeac',
    500: '#c98c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98c8a;
$custom-light: #dbaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.905,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69986,
    "c": 0.07497,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98C8A

secondary

#CDE1E2

accent

#ACB036

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#151010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98C8A

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

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