#A48E8E#A48E8E

#A48E8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.027 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E8E
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 13.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, 8.24, 3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 8.78, 20.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.0253 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.027 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8651, 29.1922, 29.6474)
Luminance	0.2919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E8E #8EA4A4

analogous

#A48E99 #A48E8E #A4998E

triadic

#A48E8E #8EA48E #8E8EA4

tetradic

#A48E8E #99A48E #8EA4A4 #998EA4

square

#A48E8E #99A48E #8EA4A4 #998EA4

split-complementary

#A48E8E #8EA499 #8E99A4

monochromatic

#665252 #886D6D #A48E8E #BFB0B0 #DBD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A48E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#A48E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E8E

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E8E	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97958E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.027 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfafaf',
    500: '#a48e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e8e;
$custom-light: #bfafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6665,
    "c": 0.02654,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E8E

secondary

#C3CBCB

accent

#B4B474

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E8E

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

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