#A08C8A#A08C8A

#A08C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.024 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08C8A
RGB	rgb(160, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(5, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(5, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 13.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 7.15, 3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 8.11, 28.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0222 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.024 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4625, 28.0654, 27.9576)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08C8A #8A9EA0

analogous

#A08A93 #A08C8A #A0978A

triadic

#A08C8A #8AA08C #8C8AA0

tetradic

#A08C8A #93A08A #8A9EA0 #978AA0

square

#A08C8A #93A08A #8A9EA0 #978AA0

split-complementary

#A08C8A #8AA097 #8A93A0

monochromatic

#61504F #836C6A #A08C8A #BBADAC #D7CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A08C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#A08C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08C8A

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08C8A	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94928A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.024 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcadac',
    500: '#a08c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08c8a;
$custom-light: #bcadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65744,
    "c": 0.02439,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08C8A

secondary

#BFC6C7

accent

#AEB374

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08C8A

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

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