#A38484#A38484

#A38484 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.038 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38484
RGB	rgb(163, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(0, 14%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 19%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 19%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 11.84, 4.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 12.66, 20.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0362 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.038 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5205, 25.9560, 25.3857)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38484 #84A3A3

analogous

#A38493 #A38484 #A39384

triadic

#A38484 #84A384 #8484A3

tetradic

#A38484 #93A384 #84A3A3 #9384A3

square

#A38484 #93A384 #84A3A3 #9384A3

split-complementary

#A38484 #84A393 #8493A3

monochromatic

#634A4A #866464 #A38484 #BDA7A7 #D7CACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A38484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A38484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38484

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38484	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908E84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.038 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea7a7',
    500: '#a38484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38484;
$custom-light: #bea7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 14.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64239,
    "c": 0.03812,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38484

secondary

#BBC8C8

accent

#B7B771

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#120F0F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38484

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

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