#A88688#A88688

#A88688 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.042 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88688
RGB	rgb(168, 134, 136)
HSL	hsl(356, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 19%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 13.28, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 13.84, 16.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0405 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.042 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1176, 27.1537, 26.9952)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88688 #86A8A6

analogous

#A88699 #A88688 #A89586

triadic

#A88688 #88A886 #8688A8

tetradic

#A88688 #99A886 #86A8A6 #9586A8

square

#A88688 #99A886 #86A8A6 #9586A8

split-complementary

#A88688 #86A895 #8699A8

monochromatic

#684B4D #8C6567 #A88688 #C2AAAB #DBCDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A88688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#A88688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88688

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88688	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 134, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.042 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a9aa',
    500: '#a88688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88688;
$custom-light: #c2a9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65261,
    "c": 0.04176,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88688

secondary

#BECCCB

accent

#B9B56F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#120F10

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88688

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

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