#A48C86#A48C86

#A48C86 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.030 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C86
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 134)
HSL	hsl(12, 14%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(12, 18%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 18.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 8.03, 6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 10.36, 39.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0252 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.031 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9910, 28.3708, 26.4986)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C86 #869EA4

analogous

#A4868F #A48C86 #A49B86

triadic

#A48C86 #86A48C #8C86A4

tetradic

#A48C86 #8FA486 #869EA4 #9B86A4

square

#A48C86 #8FA486 #869EA4 #9B86A4

split-complementary

#A48C86 #86A49B #868FA4

monochromatic

#64504B #876C66 #A48C86 #BEADA9 #D9CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A48C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A48C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C86

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C86	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.030 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfada9',
    500: '#a48c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c86;
$custom-light: #bfada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 14.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66013,
    "c": 0.0305,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C86

secondary

#BDC6C9

accent

#A9B771

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#12100F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C86

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

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