#AA7978#AA7978

#AA7978 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.062 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7978
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 120)
HSL	hsl(1, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(1, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 29.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 19.00, 8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 20.69, 23.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.0579 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.062 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8057, 23.5784, 20.9048)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7978 #78A9AA

analogous

#AA7890 #AA7978 #AA9278

triadic

#AA7978 #78AA79 #7978AA

tetradic

#AA7978 #90AA78 #78A9AA #9278AA

square

#AA7978 #90AA78 #78A9AA #9278AA

split-complementary

#AA7978 #78AA92 #7890AA

monochromatic

#674241 #8C5958 #AA7978 #C29E9E #D9C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#AA7978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#AA7978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7978

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7978	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.062 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a09f',
    500: '#aa7978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7978;
$custom-light: #c4a09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.2,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62502,
    "c": 0.06173,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7978

secondary

#B5C9C9

accent

#BDBF69

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7978

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

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