#A38281#A38281

#A38281 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.041 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38281
RGB	rgb(163, 130, 129)
HSL	hsl(2, 16%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(2, 21%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 20.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 12.49, 5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 13.59, 23.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.0383 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.041 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0495, 25.3378, 24.2305)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38281 #81A2A3

analogous

#A38191 #A38281 #A39381

triadic

#A38281 #81A382 #8281A3

tetradic

#A38281 #91A381 #81A2A3 #9381A3

square

#A38281 #91A381 #81A2A3 #9381A3

split-complementary

#A38281 #81A393 #8191A3

monochromatic

#624848 #856261 #A38281 #BDA5A4 #D7C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A38281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#A38281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38281

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38281	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8C81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 130, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.041 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea6a5',
    500: '#a38281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38281;
$custom-light: #bea6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 15.596,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63753,
    "c": 0.04083,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38281

secondary

#B9C6C7

accent

#B6B86F

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#120F0F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38281

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

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