#A8887F#A8887F

#A8887F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.042 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8887F
RGB	rgb(168, 136, 127)
HSL	hsl(13, 19%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(13, 24%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 24.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 10.75, 9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 14.30, 41.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0335 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.042 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7837, 27.4666, 23.8600)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8887F #7F9FA8

analogous

#A87F8A #A8887F #A89C7F

triadic

#A8887F #7FA888 #887FA8

tetradic

#A8887F #8AA87F #7F9FA8 #9C7FA8

square

#A8887F #8AA87F #7F9FA8 #9C7FA8

split-complementary

#A8887F #7FA89C #7F8AA8

monochromatic

#674D46 #8B685F #A8887F #C1AAA3 #DACCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A8887F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A8887F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8887F

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8887F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8887F	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97927F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8887f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 136, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.042 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aaa4',
    500: '#a8887f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8887f;
$custom-light: #c2aaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8887f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.171,
    "s": 19.07,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6541,
    "c": 0.04152,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8887F

secondary

#B9C6CA

accent

#AABC6C

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#12100F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8887F

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

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