#A08888#A08888

#A08888 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.029 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08888
RGB	rgb(160, 136, 136)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 15%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 15%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, 9.07, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 9.68, 20.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.0278 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.029 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7452, 26.8602, 27.0108)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08888 #88A0A0

analogous

#A08894 #A08888 #A09488

triadic

#A08888 #88A088 #8888A0

tetradic

#A08888 #94A088 #88A0A0 #9488A0

square

#A08888 #94A088 #88A0A0 #9488A0

split-complementary

#A08888 #88A094 #8894A0

monochromatic

#614D4D #836868 #A08888 #BBAAAA #D6CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A08888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#A08888 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08888

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08888	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 136, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.029 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaaaa',
    500: '#a08888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08888;
$custom-light: #bcaaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 11.215,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64866,
    "c": 0.02923,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08888

secondary

#BDC7C7

accent

#B4B474

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08888

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

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