#A88E8E#A88E8E

#A88E8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.031 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88E8E
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(0, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 9.76, 3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 10.42, 20.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.0299 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.031 18)
XYZ	xyz(30.7038, 29.6247, 29.6867)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88E8E #8EA8A8

analogous

#A88E9B #A88E8E #A89B8E

triadic

#A88E8E #8EA88E #8E8EA8

tetradic

#A88E8E #9BA88E #8EA8A8 #9B8EA8

square

#A88E8E #9BA88E #8EA8A8 #9B8EA8

split-complementary

#A88E8E #8EA89B #8E9BA8

monochromatic

#6A5252 #8D6C6C #A88E8E #C3B1B1 #DDD3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A88E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A88E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88E8E

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88E8E	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98968E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.031 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2afaf',
    500: '#a88e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88e8e;
$custom-light: #c2afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67034,
    "c": 0.03143,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.29624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88E8E

secondary

#C4CECE

accent

#97974E

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88E8E

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

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