#A48C8A#A48C8A

#A48C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.029 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C8A
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(5, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 8.69, 4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 9.74, 26.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.0268 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.029 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2752, 28.4845, 27.9957)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C8A #8AA2A4

analogous

#A48A95 #A48C8A #A4998A

triadic

#A48C8A #8AA48C #8C8AA4

tetradic

#A48C8A #95A48A #8AA2A4 #998AA4

square

#A48C8A #95A48A #8AA2A4 #998AA4

split-complementary

#A48C8A #8AA499 #8A95A4

monochromatic

#65504F #876C69 #A48C8A #BFAEAC #DAD0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#A48C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#A48C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C8A

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C8A	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96938A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.029 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadac',
    500: '#a48c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c8a;
$custom-light: #bfadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66126,
    "c": 0.02928,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C8A

secondary

#C0C9CA

accent

#B0B572

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C8A

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

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