#A48C8E#A48C8E

#A48C8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.029 H 12.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C8E
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(355, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(355, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 13.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 9.36, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 9.64, 13.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.0285 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.029 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5702, 28.6025, 29.5491)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C8E #8CA4A2

analogous

#A48C9A #A48C8E #A4968C

triadic

#A48C8E #8EA48C #8C8EA4

tetradic

#A48C8E #9AA48C #8CA4A2 #968CA4

square

#A48C8E #9AA48C #8CA4A2 #968CA4

split-complementary

#A48C8E #8CA496 #8C9AA4

monochromatic

#655052 #886B6E #A48C8E #BFAEB0 #DAD0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A48C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#A48C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C8E

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C8E	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.029 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfadaf',
    500: '#a48c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c8e;
$custom-light: #bfadaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66243,
    "c": 0.02912,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C8E

secondary

#C1CBCA

accent

#B5AF73

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C8E

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

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