#AA797E#AA797E

#AA797E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.062 H 12.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA797E
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(354, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(354, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 25.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 19.87, 4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 20.47, 13.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0603 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.062 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1813, 23.7286, 22.8830)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA797E #79AAA5

analogous

#AA7996 #AA797E #AA8D79

triadic

#AA797E #7EAA79 #797EAA

tetradic

#AA797E #96AA79 #79AAA5 #8D79AA

square

#AA797E #96AA79 #79AAA5 #8D79AA

split-complementary

#AA797E #79AA8D #7996AA

monochromatic

#674145 #8D595E #AA797E #C29EA2 #DAC4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#AA797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#AA797E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA797E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA797E	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81807E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3757B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.062 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a0a3',
    500: '#aa797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa797e;
$custom-light: #c4a0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.878,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62669,
    "c": 0.06173,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA797E

secondary

#B5C9C7

accent

#BFB669

background

#FCF9FA

surface

#F8F2F3

border

#D1CCCD

text

#130E0F

muted

#827E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA797E

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

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