#A88C8E#A88C8E

#A88C8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.034 H 13.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88C8E
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(356, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, 10.88, 2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 11.26, 14.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0331 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.034 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4089, 29.0349, 29.5884)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88C8E #8CA8A6

analogous

#A88C9C #A88C8E #A8988C

triadic

#A88C8E #8EA88C #8C8EA8

tetradic

#A88C8E #9CA88C #8CA8A6 #988CA8

square

#A88C8E #9CA88C #8CA8A6 #988CA8

split-complementary

#A88C8E #8CA898 #8C9CA8

monochromatic

#6A5052 #8D6A6D #A88C8E #C2AFB0 #DDD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A88C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#A88C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88C8E

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88C8E	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97958E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.034 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2adaf',
    500: '#a88c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88c8e;
$custom-light: #c2adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66631,
    "c": 0.03403,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88C8E

secondary

#C3CDCC

accent

#98934D

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88C8E

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

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