#A38481#A38481

#A38481 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.039 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38481
RGB	rgb(163, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(5, 16%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(5, 21%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 20.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 11.36, 6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 12.89, 28.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.035 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.039 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3181, 25.8751, 24.3200)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38481 #81A0A3

analogous

#A3818F #A38481 #A39581

triadic

#A38481 #81A384 #8481A3

tetradic

#A38481 #8FA381 #81A0A3 #9581A3

square

#A38481 #8FA381 #81A0A3 #9581A3

split-complementary

#A38481 #81A395 #818FA3

monochromatic

#624A48 #856561 #A38481 #BDA7A4 #D7C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A38481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A38481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38481

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38481	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.039 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea7a5',
    500: '#a38481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38481;
$custom-light: #bea7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.294,
    "s": 15.596,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64154,
    "c": 0.03851,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38481

secondary

#B9C6C7

accent

#B2B86F

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#120F0F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38481

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

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