#A98685#A98685

#A98685 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.043 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98685
RGB	rgb(169, 134, 133)
HSL	hsl(2, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 21.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 13.19, 5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 14.35, 23.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0404 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.043 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1211, 27.1798, 25.8980)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98685 #85A8A9

analogous

#A98596 #A98685 #A99885

triadic

#A98685 #85A986 #8685A9

tetradic

#A98685 #96A985 #85A8A9 #9885A9

square

#A98685 #96A985 #85A8A9 #9885A9

split-complementary

#A98685 #85A998 #8596A9

monochromatic

#694B4A #8D6564 #A98685 #C2AAA9 #DCCDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A98685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A98685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98685

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98685	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 134, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.043 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a9a8',
    500: '#a98685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98685;
$custom-light: #c3a9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 17.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65278,
    "c": 0.04308,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98685

secondary

#BECCCC

accent

#B8BA6E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#120F0F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98685

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

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