#A8868C#A8868C

#A8868C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.042 H 6.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8868C
RGB	rgb(168, 134, 140)
HSL	hsl(349, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(349, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 16.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 13.94, 1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 14.05, 7.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.0421 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.042 6.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4072, 27.2695, 28.5204)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8868C #86A8A2

analogous

#A8869D #A8868C #A89186

triadic

#A8868C #8CA886 #868CA8

tetradic

#A8868C #9DA886 #86A8A2 #9186A8

square

#A8868C #9DA886 #86A8A2 #9186A8

split-complementary

#A8868C #86A891 #869DA8

monochromatic

#684B50 #8C656C #A8868C #C2AAAE #DBCDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A8868C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#A8868C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8868C

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8868C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8868C	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92918B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8868c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 134, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.042 6.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a9ad',
    500: '#a8868c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8868c;
$custom-light: #c2a9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8868c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65379,
    "c": 0.04233,
    "h": 6.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8868C

secondary

#BECCC9

accent

#B9AC6F

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8868C

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

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