#A99697#A99697

#A99697 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.023 H 14.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99697
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 151)
HSL	hsl(357, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(357, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 7.20, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 7.48, 15.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.022 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.023 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8540, 32.4827, 33.8112)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99697 #96A9A8

analogous

#A996A1 #A99697 #A99E96

triadic

#A99697 #97A996 #9697A9

tetradic

#A99697 #A1A996 #96A9A8 #9E96A9

square

#A99697 #A1A996 #96A9A8 #9E96A9

split-complementary

#A99697 #96A99E #96A1A9

monochromatic

#6C595A #8D7476 #A99697 #C5B8B8 #E0D9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A99697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A99697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99697

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99697	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.023 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4b5',
    500: '#a99697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99697;
$custom-light: #c2b4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 9.948,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69014,
    "c": 0.02263,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99697

secondary

#CAD1D0

accent

#949052

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99697

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

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