#A89997#A89997

#A89997 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.018 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89997
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(7, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(7, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 10.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 5.15, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 5.99, 30.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0161 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.018 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1251, 33.3422, 33.9628)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89997 #97A6A8

analogous

#A8979D #A89997 #A8A297

triadic

#A89997 #97A899 #9997A8

tetradic

#A89997 #9DA897 #97A6A8 #A297A8

square

#A89997 #9DA897 #97A6A8 #A297A8

split-complementary

#A89997 #97A8A2 #979DA8

monochromatic

#6B5C5A #8C7876 #A89997 #C4BAB8 #E0DADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A89997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A89997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89997

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89997	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.018 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7b5',
    500: '#a89997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89997;
$custom-light: #c2b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 8.901,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69538,
    "c": 0.01802,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89997

secondary

#CAD0D0

accent

#8B9353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89997

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

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