#A08A8A#A08A8A

#A08A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.027 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08A8A
RGB	rgb(160, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 13.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 8.28, 3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 8.83, 20.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0254 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.027 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1729, 27.4862, 27.8611)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08A8A #8AA0A0

analogous

#A08A95 #A08A8A #A0958A

triadic

#A08A8A #8AA08A #8A8AA0

tetradic

#A08A8A #95A08A #8AA0A0 #958AA0

square

#A08A8A #95A08A #8AA0A0 #958AA0

split-complementary

#A08A8A #8AA095 #8A95A0

monochromatic

#614F4F #836A6A #A08A8A #BBACAC #D7CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A08A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A08A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08A8A

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08A8A	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.027 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcacac',
    500: '#a08a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08a8a;
$custom-light: #bcacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65333,
    "c": 0.02668,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08A8A

secondary

#BFC7C7

accent

#B3B374

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08A8A

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

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