#C98E8A#C98E8A

#C98E8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.073 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E8A
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(4, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(4, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 21.86, 11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 24.52, 26.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0666 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.073 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3489, 33.6008, 28.5055)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E8A #8AC5C9

analogous

#C98AA6 #C98E8A #C9AE8A

triadic

#C98E8A #8AC98E #8E8AC9

tetradic

#C98E8A #A6C98A #8AC5C9 #AE8AC9

square

#C98E8A #A6C98A #8AC5C9 #AE8AC9

split-complementary

#C98E8A #8AC9AE #8AA6C9

monochromatic

#944944 #B66660 #C98E8A #DCB6B4 #F0DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C98E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#C98E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E8A

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E8A	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5878D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.073 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbafac',
    500: '#c98e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e8a;
$custom-light: #dbafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.81,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70352,
    "c": 0.07258,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E8A

secondary

#CDE0E2

accent

#A8B036

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#151010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E8A

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

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