#AA8A88#AA8A88

#AA8A88 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.039 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A88
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(4, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 20%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, 11.80, 5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 13.08, 25.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0363 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.039 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1101, 28.5017, 27.2031)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A88 #88A8AA

analogous

#AA8897 #AA8A88 #AA9B88

triadic

#AA8A88 #88AA8A #8A88AA

tetradic

#AA8A88 #97AA88 #88A8AA #9B88AA

square

#AA8A88 #97AA88 #88A8AA #9B88AA

split-complementary

#AA8A88 #88AA9B #8897AA

monochromatic

#6B4E4C #8F6866 #AA8A88 #C4ADAC #DDD0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AA8A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AA8A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A88

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A88	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.039 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acaa',
    500: '#aa8a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a88;
$custom-light: #c3acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66258,
    "c": 0.03923,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A88

secondary

#C0CDCD

accent

#B5B96E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A88

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

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