#AA797D#AA797D

#AA797D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.062 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA797D
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 125)
HSL	hsl(355, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(355, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 26.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 19.72, 5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 20.46, 15.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% 0.0599 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.062 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1171, 23.7030, 22.5449)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA797D #79AAA6

analogous

#AA7996 #AA797D #AA8E79

triadic

#AA797D #7DAA79 #797DAA

tetradic

#AA797D #96AA79 #79AAA6 #8E79AA

square

#AA797D #96AA79 #79AAA6 #8E79AA

split-complementary

#AA797D #79AA8E #7996AA

monochromatic

#674145 #8D595D #AA797D #C29EA1 #DAC4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#AA797D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#AA797D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA797D

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA797D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA797D	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81807D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3757B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa797d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.062 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a0a2',
    500: '#aa797d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa797d;
$custom-light: #c4a0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa797d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.102,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62641,
    "c": 0.06165,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA797D

secondary

#B5C9C8

accent

#BFB869

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0F

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA797D

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

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