#A48888#A48888

#A48888 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.034 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48888
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 136)
HSL	hsl(0, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 17%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 17.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 10.61, 3.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 11.34, 20.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0325 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.034 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5579, 27.2793, 27.0489)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48888 #88A4A4

analogous

#A48896 #A48888 #A49688

triadic

#A48888 #88A488 #8888A4

tetradic

#A48888 #96A488 #88A4A4 #9688A4

square

#A48888 #96A488 #88A4A4 #9688A4

split-complementary

#A48888 #88A496 #8896A4

monochromatic

#654D4D #876767 #A48888 #BFABAB #D9CDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A48888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A48888 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48888

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48888	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.034 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaaaa',
    500: '#a48888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48888;
$custom-light: #bfaaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65258,
    "c": 0.03418,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48888

secondary

#BEC9C9

accent

#B6B672

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48888

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

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