#AA8A87#AA8A87

#AA8A87 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.039 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A87
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(5, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 21%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 20.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 11.64, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 13.18, 28.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.0359 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.039 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0394, 28.4734, 26.8305)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A87 #87A7AA

analogous

#AA8796 #AA8A87 #AA9C87

triadic

#AA8A87 #87AA8A #8A87AA

tetradic

#AA8A87 #96AA87 #87A7AA #9C87AA

square

#AA8A87 #96AA87 #87A7AA #9C87AA

split-complementary

#AA8A87 #87AA9C #8796AA

monochromatic

#6B4E4C #8F6965 #AA8A87 #C3ADAB #DDD0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AA8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AA8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A87

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A87	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.039 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aca9',
    500: '#aa8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a87;
$custom-light: #c3aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6623,
    "c": 0.0394,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A87

secondary

#C0CCCD

accent

#B3BA6E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A87

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

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