#A4888A#A4888A

#A4888A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.034 H 13.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4888A
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 138)
HSL	hsl(356, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 17%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 10.94, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 11.33, 14.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.0333 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.034 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7014, 27.3367, 27.8044)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4888A #88A4A2

analogous

#A48898 #A4888A #A49488

triadic

#A4888A #8AA488 #888AA4

tetradic

#A4888A #98A488 #88A4A2 #9488A4

square

#A4888A #98A488 #88A4A2 #9488A4

split-complementary

#A4888A #88A494 #8898A4

monochromatic

#654D4F #87676A #A4888A #BFABAC #D9CDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A4888A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A4888A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4888A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4888A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4888A	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4888a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.034 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaaac',
    500: '#a4888a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4888a;
$custom-light: #bfaaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4888a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65317,
    "c": 0.03422,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4888A

secondary

#BEC9C9

accent

#B6B172

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4888A

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

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