#AA8A89#AA8A89

#AA8A89 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.039 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A89
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(2, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 19.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 11.96, 5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 13.01, 23.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.0367 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.039 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1815, 28.5302, 27.5791)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A89 #89A9AA

analogous

#AA8998 #AA8A89 #AA9A89

triadic

#AA8A89 #89AA8A #8A89AA

tetradic

#AA8A89 #98AA89 #89A9AA #9A89AA

square

#AA8A89 #98AA89 #89A9AA #9A89AA

split-complementary

#AA8A89 #89AA9A #8998AA

monochromatic

#6B4E4D #8F6867 #AA8A89 #C4ADAD #DDD1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AA8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#AA8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A89

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A89	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.039 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acab',
    500: '#aa8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a89;
$custom-light: #c3acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 16.256,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66286,
    "c": 0.03911,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A89

secondary

#C1CDCE

accent

#989A4B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A89

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

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