#AA8A85#AA8A85

#AA8A85 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.040 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A85
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(8, 18%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(8, 22%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 21.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 11.33, 7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 13.45, 32.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0351 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.04 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8999, 28.4176, 26.0959)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A85 #85A5AA

analogous

#AA8593 #AA8A85 #AA9D85

triadic

#AA8A85 #85AA8A #8A85AA

tetradic

#AA8A85 #93AA85 #85A5AA #9D85AA

square

#AA8A85 #93AA85 #85A5AA #9D85AA

split-complementary

#AA8A85 #85AA9D #8593AA

monochromatic

#6A4F4A #8F6963 #AA8A85 #C3ADA9 #DCCFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AA8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AA8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A85

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A85	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.040 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aca8',
    500: '#aa8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a85;
$custom-light: #c4aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.108,
    "s": 17.874,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66174,
    "c": 0.03989,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A85

secondary

#BECBCD

accent

#B0BB6D

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#12100F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A85

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

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