#A88E8A#A88E8A

#A88E8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.032 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88E8A
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(8, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 17.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 9.10, 5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 10.77, 32.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0283 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.032 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4089, 29.5067, 28.1334)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88E8A #8AA4A8

analogous

#A88A95 #A88E8A #A89D8A

triadic

#A88E8A #8AA88E #8E8AA8

tetradic

#A88E8A #95A88A #8AA4A8 #9D8AA8

square

#A88E8A #95A88A #8AA4A8 #9D8AA8

split-complementary

#A88E8A #8AA89D #8A95A8

monochromatic

#69524E #8C6D68 #A88E8A #C2B0AD #DCD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A88E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#A88E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88E8A

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88E8A	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99968A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.032 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2afac',
    500: '#a88e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88e8a;
$custom-light: #c2afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6692,
    "c": 0.0321,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88E8A

secondary

#C1CBCD

accent

#AEB770

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88E8A

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

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