#A8969A#A8969A

#A8969A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.022 H 2.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8969A
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 154)
HSL	hsl(347, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(347, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 8.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, 7.35, 0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 7.36, 2.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.022 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.022 2.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8870, 32.4712, 35.1007)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8969A #96A8A4

analogous

#A896A3 #A8969A #A89B96

triadic

#A8969A #9AA896 #969AA8

tetradic

#A8969A #A3A896 #96A8A4 #9B96A8

square

#A8969A #A3A896 #96A8A4 #9B96A8

split-complementary

#A8969A #96A89B #96A3A8

monochromatic

#6B595D #8C757A #A8969A #C4B7BA #DFD9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A8969A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A8969A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8969A

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8969A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8969A	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98999A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8969a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.022 2.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4b7',
    500: '#a8969a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8969a;
$custom-light: #c2b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8969a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69012,
    "c": 0.02203,
    "h": 2.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8969A

secondary

#CAD0CF

accent

#938552

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8969A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →