#A08E8E#A08E8E

#A08E8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.022 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08E8E
RGB	rgb(160, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(0, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 11.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, 6.72, 2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 7.16, 20.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0206 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.022 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0523, 28.7732, 29.6093)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08E8E #8EA0A0

analogous

#A08E97 #A08E8E #A0978E

triadic

#A08E8E #8EA08E #8E8EA0

tetradic

#A08E8E #97A08E #8EA0A0 #978EA0

square

#A08E8E #97A08E #8EA0A0 #978EA0

split-complementary

#A08E8E #8EA097 #8E97A0

monochromatic

#625252 #836E6E #A08E8E #BCAFAF #D8D0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A08E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#A08E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08E8E

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08E8E	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.022 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcafaf',
    500: '#a08e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08e8e;
$custom-light: #bcafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66273,
    "c": 0.02164,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08E8E

secondary

#C1C8C8

accent

#B2B276

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08E8E

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

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