#A9999C#A9999C

#A9999C is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.019 H 4.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9999C
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 156)
HSL	hsl(349, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(349, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 7.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 6.41, 0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 6.44, 5.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0193 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.019 4.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7536, 33.6183, 36.1569)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9999C #99A9A6

analogous

#A999A4 #A9999C #A99E99

triadic

#A9999C #9CA999 #999CA9

tetradic

#A9999C #A4A999 #99A9A6 #9E99A9

square

#A9999C #A4A999 #99A9A6 #9E99A9

split-complementary

#A9999C #99A99E #99A4A9

monochromatic

#6C5B5E #8D787C #A9999C #C5BABC #E1DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A9999C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A9999C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9999C

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9999C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9999C	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9999c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.019 4.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7b9',
    500: '#a9999c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9999c;
$custom-light: #c2b7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9999c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 8.511,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69776,
    "c": 0.01932,
    "h": 4.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9999C

secondary

#CCD2D1

accent

#928753

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9999C

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

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