#A08985#A08985

#A08985 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.029 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08985
RGB	rgb(160, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(9, 12%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 17%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 16.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 8.01, 5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 9.63, 33.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.025 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.029 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6764, 27.0591, 25.9508)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08985 #859CA0

analogous

#A0858F #A08985 #A09685

triadic

#A08985 #85A089 #8985A0

tetradic

#A08985 #8FA085 #859CA0 #9685A0

square

#A08985 #8FA085 #859CA0 #9685A0

split-complementary

#A08985 #85A096 #858FA0

monochromatic

#604E4B #826A65 #A08985 #BBAAA7 #D6CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A08985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A08985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08985

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08985	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8C85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.029 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaba8',
    500: '#a08985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08985;
$custom-light: #bcaba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 12.442,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64984,
    "c": 0.02868,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08985

secondary

#BBC4C6

accent

#ABB572

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#12100F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08985

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

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