#A08080#A08080

#A08080 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.040 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08080
RGB	rgb(160, 128, 128)
HSL	hsl(0, 14%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 20%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 12.30, 4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 13.16, 20.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.0376 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.04 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1128, 24.4714, 23.7658)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08080 #80A0A0

analogous

#A08090 #A08080 #A09080

triadic

#A08080 #80A080 #8080A0

tetradic

#A08080 #90A080 #80A0A0 #9080A0

square

#A08080 #90A080 #80A0A0 #9080A0

split-complementary

#A08080 #80A090 #8090A0

monochromatic

#5F4747 #826161 #A08080 #BAA3A3 #D4C6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A08080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#A08080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08080

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08080	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 128, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.040 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca5a4',
    500: '#a08080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08080;
$custom-light: #bca5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 14.414,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63016,
    "c": 0.03961,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08080

secondary

#B7C4C4

accent

#B7B771

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#120F0F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08080

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

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