#A48E8A#A48E8A

#A48E8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.027 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E8A
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(9, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(9, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 7.56, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 9.16, 34.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0236 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.027 30)
XYZ	xyz(29.5701, 29.0743, 28.0940)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E8A #8AA0A4

analogous

#A48A93 #A48E8A #A49B8A

triadic

#A48E8A #8AA48E #8E8AA4

tetradic

#A48E8A #93A48A #8AA0A4 #9B8AA4

square

#A48E8A #93A48A #8AA0A4 #9B8AA4

split-complementary

#A48E8A #8AA49B #8A93A4

monochromatic

#65524F #876E69 #A48E8A #BFAFAC #DAD0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A48E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#A48E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E8A

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E8A	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92908A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97948A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.027 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfafac',
    500: '#a48e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e8a;
$custom-light: #bfafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66534,
    "c": 0.02728,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.29073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E8A

secondary

#C0C8CA

accent

#ABB572

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E8A

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

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