#A18C8A#A18C8A

#A18C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.026 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18C8A
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(5, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 14.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 7.54, 3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 8.52, 27.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.0233 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.026 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6633, 28.1689, 27.9671)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18C8A #8A9FA1

analogous

#A18A93 #A18C8A #A1978A

triadic

#A18C8A #8AA18C #8C8AA1

tetradic

#A18C8A #93A18A #8A9FA1 #978AA1

square

#A18C8A #93A18A #8A9FA1 #978AA1

split-complementary

#A18C8A #8AA197 #8A93A1

monochromatic

#62504F #846C6A #A18C8A #BCADAC #D8CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A18C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#A18C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18C8A

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18C8A	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95928A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.026 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdadac',
    500: '#a18c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18c8a;
$custom-light: #bdadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 10.9,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65839,
    "c": 0.02561,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18C8A

secondary

#BFC7C8

accent

#AEB474

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18C8A

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

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