#A48886#A48886

#A48886 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.034 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48886
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 134)
HSL	hsl(4, 14%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(4, 18%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 18.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 10.28, 5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 11.46, 26.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.0317 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.034 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4171, 27.2230, 26.3073)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48886 #86A2A4

analogous

#A48693 #A48886 #A49786

triadic

#A48886 #86A488 #8886A4

tetradic

#A48886 #93A486 #86A2A4 #9786A4

square

#A48886 #93A486 #86A2A4 #9786A4

split-complementary

#A48886 #86A497 #8693A4

monochromatic

#644D4B #876866 #A48886 #BEAAA9 #D9CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A48886 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A48886 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48886

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48886	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48886	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48886;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.034 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaaa9',
    500: '#a48886',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48886;
$custom-light: #bfaaa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48886",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 14.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65201,
    "c": 0.03439,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48886

secondary

#BDC8C9

accent

#B2B771

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#12100F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48886

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

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