#A48C8D#A48C8D

#A48C8D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.029 H 15.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C8D
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(358, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(358, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 14%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 9.19, 2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 9.61, 17.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0281 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.029 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4954, 28.5726, 29.1554)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C8D #8CA4A3

analogous

#A48C99 #A48C8D #A4978C

triadic

#A48C8D #8DA48C #8C8DA4

tetradic

#A48C8D #99A48C #8CA4A3 #978CA4

square

#A48C8D #99A48C #8CA4A3 #978CA4

split-complementary

#A48C8D #8CA497 #8C99A4

monochromatic

#655051 #886B6C #A48C8D #BFAEAF #DAD0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A48C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#A48C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C8D

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C8D	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.029 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadae',
    500: '#a48c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c8d;
$custom-light: #bfadae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66213,
    "c": 0.02906,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C8D

secondary

#C1CBCA

accent

#B5B273

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C8D

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

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