#A38D8A#A38D8A

#A38D8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.027 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D8A
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(7, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 15.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, 7.74, 4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 9.03, 30.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.0241 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.027 27)
XYZ	xyz(29.2164, 28.6720, 28.0350)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D8A #8AA0A3

analogous

#A38A94 #A38D8A #A39A8A

triadic

#A38D8A #8AA38D #8D8AA3

tetradic

#A38D8A #94A38A #8AA0A3 #9A8AA3

square

#A38D8A #94A38A #8AA0A3 #9A8AA3

split-complementary

#A38D8A #8AA39A #8A94A3

monochromatic

#64514F #866D6A #A38D8A #BEAEAC #D9D0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A38D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#A38D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D8A

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D8A	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96938A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.027 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaeac',
    500: '#a38d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d8a;
$custom-light: #beaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.2,
    "s": 11.962,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66234,
    "c": 0.02703,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.28671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D8A

secondary

#BFC8C9

accent

#ADB573

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D8A

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

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