#C98E8E#C98E8E

#C98E8E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.072 H 19.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98E8E
RGB	rgb(201, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(0, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 29%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 29.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 22.40, 8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 24.13, 21.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0682 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.072 19)
XYZ	xyz(38.6438, 33.7188, 30.0589)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98E8E #8EC9C9

analogous

#C98EAC #C98E8E #C9AC8E

triadic

#C98E8E #8EC98E #8E8EC9

tetradic

#C98E8E #ACC98E #8EC9C9 #AC8EC9

square

#C98E8E #ACC98E #8EC9C9 #AC8EC9

split-complementary

#C98E8E #8EC9AC #8EACC9

monochromatic

#954747 #B56565 #C98E8E #DDB7B7 #F1E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C98E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#C98E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98E8E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98E8E	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5888E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.072 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbafaf',
    500: '#c98e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98e8e;
$custom-light: #dbafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 35.329,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70456,
    "c": 0.07213,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.33717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98E8E

secondary

#D0E3E3

accent

#AEAE37

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#151010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98E8E

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

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