#A98C8A#A98C8A

#A98C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.035 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98C8A
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(4, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 18.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, 10.61, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 11.80, 25.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0327 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.035 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3277, 29.0272, 28.0451)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98C8A #8AA7A9

analogous

#A98A97 #A98C8A #A99B8A

triadic

#A98C8A #8AA98C #8C8AA9

tetradic

#A98C8A #97A98A #8AA7A9 #9B8AA9

square

#A98C8A #97A98A #8AA7A9 #9B8AA9

split-complementary

#A98C8A #8AA99B #8A97A9

monochromatic

#6A504E #8E6B68 #A98C8A #C3AFAD #DDD1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A98C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#A98C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98C8A

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98C8A	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)

#91908A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98958A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.035 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3adac',
    500: '#a98c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98c8a;
$custom-light: #c3adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 15.271,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66614,
    "c": 0.03542,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98C8A

secondary

#C1CDCD

accent

#94994C

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98C8A

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

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