#A08A8E#A08A8E

#A08A8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.027 H 5.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08A8E
RGB	rgb(160, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(349, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(349, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 11.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 8.98, 0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 9.03, 5.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.027 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.027 5.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4679, 27.6042, 29.4145)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08A8E #8AA09C

analogous

#A08A99 #A08A8E #A0918A

triadic

#A08A8E #8EA08A #8A8EA0

tetradic

#A08A8E #99A08A #8AA09C #918AA0

square

#A08A8E #99A08A #8AA09C #918AA0

split-complementary

#A08A8E #8AA091 #8A99A0

monochromatic

#614F52 #836A6F #A08A8E #BBACAF #D7CECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A08A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A08A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08A8E

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08A8E	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92918E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.027 5.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcacaf',
    500: '#a08a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08a8e;
$custom-light: #bcacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65453,
    "c": 0.02713,
    "h": 5.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08A8E

secondary

#BFC7C6

accent

#B3A874

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08A8E

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

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