#A48B8A#A48B8A

#A48B8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.030 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B8A
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, 9.25, 4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 10.09, 23.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0285 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.03 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1298, 28.1936, 27.9473)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B8A #8AA3A4

analogous

#A48A96 #A48B8A #A4988A

triadic

#A48B8A #8AA48B #8B8AA4

tetradic

#A48B8A #96A48A #8AA3A4 #988AA4

square

#A48B8A #96A48A #8AA3A4 #988AA4

split-complementary

#A48B8A #8AA498 #8A96A4

monochromatic

#654F4F #876B69 #A48B8A #BFADAC #DACFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#A48B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#A48B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B8A

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B8A	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.030 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfacac',
    500: '#a48b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b8a;
$custom-light: #bfacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.308,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65923,
    "c": 0.03041,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B8A

secondary

#C0CACA

accent

#B3B572

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B8A

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

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