#A18B8A#A18B8A

#A18B8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.027 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18B8A
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(3, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 14.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 8.10, 3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 8.86, 23.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.025 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.027 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5178, 27.8780, 27.9186)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18B8A #8AA0A1

analogous

#A18A94 #A18B8A #A1968A

triadic

#A18B8A #8AA18B #8B8AA1

tetradic

#A18B8A #94A18A #8AA0A1 #968AA1

square

#A18B8A #94A18A #8AA0A1 #968AA1

split-complementary

#A18B8A #8AA196 #8A94A1

monochromatic

#62504F #846B6A #A18B8A #BCADAC #D8CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A18B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#A18B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18B8A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18B8A	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94928A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.027 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdacac',
    500: '#a18b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18b8a;
$custom-light: #bdacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 10.9,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65634,
    "c": 0.02672,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18B8A

secondary

#BFC8C8

accent

#B1B474

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18B8A

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

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