#A6868A#A6868A

#A6868A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.039 H 9.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6868A
RGB	rgb(166, 134, 138)
HSL	hsl(353, 15%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(353, 19%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 16.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 12.84, 2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 13.08, 10.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0389 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.039 9.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8384, 26.9932, 27.7309)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6868A #86A6A2

analogous

#A6869A #A6868A #A69286

triadic

#A6868A #8AA686 #868AA6

tetradic

#A6868A #9AA686 #86A6A2 #9286A6

square

#A6868A #9AA686 #86A6A2 #9286A6

split-complementary

#A6868A #86A692 #869AA6

monochromatic

#664B4F #8A656A #A6868A #C0A9AC #DACDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A6868A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A6868A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6868A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6868A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6868A	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6868a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 134, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.039 9.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a9ac',
    500: '#a6868a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6868a;
$custom-light: #c0a9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6868a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 15.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65117,
    "c": 0.03948,
    "h": 9.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6868A

secondary

#BECAC9

accent

#B8AF70

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#120F10

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6868A

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

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