#A9999D#A9999D

#A9999D is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.020 H 0.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9999D
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 157)
HSL	hsl(345, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(345, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 7.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 6.59, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 6.59, 0.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% 0.0197 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.02 0.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8386, 33.6523, 36.6047)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9999D #99A9A5

analogous

#A999A5 #A9999D #A99D99

triadic

#A9999D #9DA999 #999DA9

tetradic

#A9999D #A5A999 #99A9A5 #9D99A9

square

#A9999D #A5A999 #99A9A5 #9D99A9

split-complementary

#A9999D #99A99D #99A5A9

monochromatic

#6C5B60 #8D787D #A9999D #C5BABD #E1DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A9999D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A9999D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9999D

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9999D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9999D	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9999d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.020 0.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7b9',
    500: '#a9999d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9999d;
$custom-light: #c2b7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9999d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 8.511,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69806,
    "c": 0.01965,
    "h": 0.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9999D

secondary

#CCD2D0

accent

#928353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9999D

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

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