#A48481#A48481

#A48481 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.040 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48481
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(5, 16%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(5, 21%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 21.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, 11.75, 6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 13.31, 28.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.0362 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.04 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5237, 25.9811, 24.3296)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48481 #81A1A4

analogous

#A4818F #A48481 #A49681

triadic

#A48481 #81A484 #8481A4

tetradic

#A48481 #8FA481 #81A1A4 #9681A4

square

#A48481 #8FA481 #81A1A4 #9681A4

split-complementary

#A48481 #81A496 #818FA4

monochromatic

#634A48 #876461 #A48481 #BEA7A5 #D7C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A48481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A48481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48481

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48481	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918E81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.040 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa7a5',
    500: '#a48481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48481;
$custom-light: #bfa7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64255,
    "c": 0.03975,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48481

secondary

#B9C6C7

accent

#B3B96F

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#120F0F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48481

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

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