#A48D8A#A48D8A

#A48D8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.028 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D8A
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(7, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 8.12, 4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 9.43, 30.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.0252 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.028 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4220, 28.7780, 28.0447)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D8A #8AA1A4

analogous

#A48A94 #A48D8A #A49A8A

triadic

#A48D8A #8AA48D #8D8AA4

tetradic

#A48D8A #94A48A #8AA1A4 #9A8AA4

square

#A48D8A #94A48A #8AA1A4 #9A8AA4

split-complementary

#A48D8A #8AA49A #8A94A4

monochromatic

#65514F #876D69 #A48D8A #BFAFAC #DAD0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A48D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#A48D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D8A

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D8A	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97948A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.028 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaeac',
    500: '#a48d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d8a;
$custom-light: #bfaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6633,
    "c": 0.02823,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D8A

secondary

#C0C9CA

accent

#AEB572

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D8A

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

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