#A48A88#A48A88

#A48A88 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.032 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A88
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(4, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 17%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 17.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 9.48, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 10.60, 26.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0293 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.032 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8422, 27.8479, 27.1436)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A88 #88A2A4

analogous

#A48894 #A48A88 #A49888

triadic

#A48A88 #88A48A #8A88A4

tetradic

#A48A88 #94A488 #88A2A4 #9888A4

square

#A48A88 #94A488 #88A2A4 #9888A4

split-complementary

#A48A88 #88A498 #8894A4

monochromatic

#654F4D #876A67 #A48A88 #BFACAB #D9CECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A48A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A48A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A88

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A88	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.032 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfacaa',
    500: '#a48a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a88;
$custom-light: #bfacaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65663,
    "c": 0.03182,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A88

secondary

#BEC9C9

accent

#B1B672

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A88

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

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