#A08B8A#A08B8A

#A08B8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.025 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08B8A
RGB	rgb(160, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(3, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(3, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 13.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 7.72, 3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 8.45, 24.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0238 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.026 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3170, 27.7745, 27.9092)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08B8A #8A9FA0

analogous

#A08A94 #A08B8A #A0968A

triadic

#A08B8A #8AA08B #8B8AA0

tetradic

#A08B8A #94A08A #8A9FA0 #968AA0

square

#A08B8A #94A08A #8A9FA0 #968AA0

split-complementary

#A08B8A #8AA096 #8A94A0

monochromatic

#61504F #836B6A #A08B8A #BBACAC #D7CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A08B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A08B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08B8A

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08B8A	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.025 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcacac',
    500: '#a08b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08b8a;
$custom-light: #bcacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65538,
    "c": 0.0255,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08B8A

secondary

#BFC7C7

accent

#B0B374

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08B8A

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

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