#A99596#A99596

#A99596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.024 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99596
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(357, 10%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 12%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 11.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 7.58, 2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 7.89, 16.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.0231 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.024 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6143, 32.1326, 33.3324)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99596 #95A9A8

analogous

#A995A0 #A99596 #A99E95

triadic

#A99596 #96A995 #9596A9

tetradic

#A99596 #A0A995 #95A9A8 #9E95A9

square

#A99596 #A0A995 #95A9A8 #9E95A9

split-complementary

#A99596 #95A99E #95A0A9

monochromatic

#6C5859 #8E7375 #A99596 #C4B7B7 #E0D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A99596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A99596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99596

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99596	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.024 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4b4',
    500: '#a99596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99596;
$custom-light: #c2b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 10.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68781,
    "c": 0.02387,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99596

secondary

#C9D1D0

accent

#949151

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99596

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

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