#A69596#A69596

#A69596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.020 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69596
RGB	rgb(166, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(356, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 9.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, 6.46, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 6.70, 15.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.0197 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.02 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9779, 31.8045, 33.3026)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69596 #95A6A5

analogous

#A6959F #A69596 #A69D95

triadic

#A69596 #96A695 #9596A6

tetradic

#A69596 #9FA695 #95A6A5 #9D95A6

square

#A69596 #9FA695 #95A6A5 #9D95A6

split-complementary

#A69596 #95A69D #959FA6

monochromatic

#695859 #8A7475 #A69596 #C2B6B7 #DED8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A69596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#A69596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69596

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69596	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.020 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4b4',
    500: '#a69596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69596;
$custom-light: #c0b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68504,
    "c": 0.02026,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69596

secondary

#C8CFCE

accent

#938F53

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69596

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

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