#A8868E#A8868E

#A8868E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.043 H 2.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8868E
RGB	rgb(168, 134, 142)
HSL	hsl(346, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(346, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 14.27, 0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 14.29, 2.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0429 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.043 2.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5560, 27.3291, 29.3041)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8868E #86A8A0

analogous

#A8869F #A8868E #A88F86

triadic

#A8868E #8EA886 #868EA8

tetradic

#A8868E #9FA886 #86A8A0 #8F86A8

square

#A8868E #9FA886 #86A8A0 #8F86A8

split-complementary

#A8868E #86A88F #869FA8

monochromatic

#684B52 #8C656E #A8868E #C2AAAF #DBCDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A8868E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A8868E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8868E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8868E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8868E	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92918D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8868e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 134, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.043 2.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a9af',
    500: '#a8868e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8868e;
$custom-light: #c2a9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8868e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65439,
    "c": 0.04289,
    "h": 2.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8868E

secondary

#BECCC8

accent

#B9A86F

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8868E

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

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