#A69696#A69696

#A69696 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.019 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69696
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 9.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 5.90, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 6.28, 20.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.0181 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.019 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1368, 32.1223, 33.3555)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69696 #96A6A6

analogous

#A6969E #A69696 #A69E96

triadic

#A69696 #96A696 #9696A6

tetradic

#A69696 #9EA696 #96A6A6 #9E96A6

square

#A69696 #9EA696 #96A6A6 #9E96A6

split-complementary

#A69696 #96A69E #969EA6

monochromatic

#695959 #8A7575 #A69696 #C2B7B7 #DED8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A69696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A69696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69696

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69696	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.019 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4b4',
    500: '#a69696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69696;
$custom-light: #c0b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 8.247,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6871,
    "c": 0.019,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69696

secondary

#C9CFCF

accent

#929253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69696

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

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