#A8868A#A8868A

#A8868A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.042 H 10.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8868A
RGB	rgb(168, 134, 138)
HSL	hsl(353, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(353, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 17.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 13.61, 2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 13.89, 11.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.0413 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.042 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2610, 27.2111, 27.7507)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8868A #86A8A4

analogous

#A8869B #A8868A #A89386

triadic

#A8868A #8AA886 #868AA8

tetradic

#A8868A #9BA886 #86A8A4 #9386A8

square

#A8868A #9BA886 #86A8A4 #9386A8

split-complementary

#A8868A #86A893 #869BA8

monochromatic

#684B4F #8C6569 #A8868A #C2AAAC #DBCDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A8868A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A8868A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8868A

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8868A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8868A	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8868a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 134, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.042 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a9ac',
    500: '#a8868a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8868a;
$custom-light: #c2a9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8868a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65319,
    "c": 0.04194,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8868A

secondary

#BECCCA

accent

#B9B06F

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#120F10

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8868A

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

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