#A8908C#A8908C

#A8908C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.030 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8908C
RGB	rgb(168, 144, 140)
HSL	hsl(9, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(9, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 16.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, 8.31, 5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 9.93, 33.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0259 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.03 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8552, 30.1657, 29.0030)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8908C #8CA4A8

analogous

#A88C96 #A8908C #A89E8C

triadic

#A8908C #8CA890 #908CA8

tetradic

#A8908C #96A88C #8CA4A8 #9E8CA8

square

#A8908C #96A88C #8CA4A8 #9E8CA8

split-complementary

#A8908C #8CA89E #8C96A8

monochromatic

#6A5450 #8D6F6A #A8908C #C2B2AF #DDD3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A8908C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#A8908C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8908C

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8908C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8908C	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A978C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8908c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 144, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.030 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b0ad',
    500: '#a8908c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8908c;
$custom-light: #c2b0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8908c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67381,
    "c": 0.02961,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8908C

secondary

#C3CCCD

accent

#8D984D

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8908C

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

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