#AA888A#AA888A

#AA888A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.042 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA888A
RGB	rgb(170, 136, 138)
HSL	hsl(356, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 13.25, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 13.80, 16.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0403 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.042 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9693, 27.9905, 27.8639)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA888A #88AAA8

analogous

#AA889B #AA888A #AA9788

triadic

#AA888A #8AAA88 #888AAA

tetradic

#AA888A #9BAA88 #88AAA8 #9788AA

square

#AA888A #9BAA88 #88AAA8 #9788AA

split-complementary

#AA888A #88AA97 #889BAA

monochromatic

#6B4C4E #8F6668 #AA888A #C4ACAD #DDCFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AA888A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#AA888A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA888A

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA888A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA888A	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa888a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 136, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.042 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aaac',
    500: '#aa888a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa888a;
$custom-light: #c3aaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa888a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65918,
    "c": 0.04164,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA888A

secondary

#C0CDCD

accent

#B9B56E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA888A

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

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