#A48A8A#A48A8A

#A48A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.032 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A8A
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, 9.81, 3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 10.48, 20.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0301 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.032 18)
XYZ	xyz(28.9857, 27.9053, 27.8992)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A8A #8AA4A4

analogous

#A48A97 #A48A8A #A4978A

triadic

#A48A8A #8AA48A #8A8AA4

tetradic

#A48A8A #97A48A #8AA4A4 #978AA4

square

#A48A8A #97A48A #8AA4A4 #978AA4

split-complementary

#A48A8A #8AA497 #8A97A4

monochromatic

#654F4F #876969 #A48A8A #BFACAC #DACFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A48A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#A48A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A8A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A8A	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94928A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.032 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfacac',
    500: '#a48a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a8a;
$custom-light: #bfacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6572,
    "c": 0.03161,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.27904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A8A

secondary

#C0CACA

accent

#B5B572

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A8A

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

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