#A88C8A#A88C8A

#A88C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.034 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88C8A
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(4, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 17.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, 10.22, 5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 11.39, 26.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0315 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.034 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1140, 28.9169, 28.0351)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88C8A #8AA6A8

analogous

#A88A97 #A88C8A #A89B8A

triadic

#A88C8A #8AA88C #8C8AA8

tetradic

#A88C8A #97A88A #8AA6A8 #9B8AA8

square

#A88C8A #97A88A #8AA6A8 #9B8AA8

split-complementary

#A88C8A #8AA89B #8A97A8

monochromatic

#69504E #8C6B68 #A88C8A #C2AEAD #DCD1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A88C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#A88C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88C8A

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88C8A	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97948A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.034 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2adac',
    500: '#a88c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88c8a;
$custom-light: #c2adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66516,
    "c": 0.03419,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88C8A

secondary

#C1CCCD

accent

#B3B770

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88C8A

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

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