#A38C8A#A38C8A

#A38C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.028 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C8A
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(5, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 15.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 8.30, 4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 9.33, 27.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.0257 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.028 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0696, 28.3785, 27.9861)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C8A #8AA1A3

analogous

#A38A95 #A38C8A #A3998A

triadic

#A38C8A #8AA38C #8C8AA3

tetradic

#A38C8A #95A38A #8AA1A3 #998AA3

square

#A38C8A #95A38A #8AA1A3 #998AA3

split-complementary

#A38C8A #8AA399 #8A95A3

monochromatic

#64504F #866C6A #A38C8A #BEAEAC #D9CFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A38C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#A38C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C8A

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C8A	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.028 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beadac',
    500: '#a38c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c8a;
$custom-light: #beadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 11.962,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6603,
    "c": 0.02805,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C8A

secondary

#BFC9C9

accent

#B0B573

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C8A

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

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