#AA8A8A#AA8A8A

#AA8A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.039 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A8A
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 12.12, 4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 12.96, 20.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0371 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.039 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2536, 28.5591, 27.9586)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A8A #8AAAAA

analogous

#AA8A9A #AA8A8A #AA9A8A

triadic

#AA8A8A #8AAA8A #8A8AAA

tetradic

#AA8A8A #9AAA8A #8AAAAA #9A8AAA

square

#AA8A8A #9AAA8A #8AAAAA #9A8AAA

split-complementary

#AA8A8A #8AAA9A #8A9AAA

monochromatic

#6C4E4E #8F6868 #AA8A8A #C4ADAD #DED1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AA8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#AA8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A8A

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A8A	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)

#8F8E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97948A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.039 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acac',
    500: '#aa8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a8a;
$custom-light: #c3acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66314,
    "c": 0.03904,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A8A

secondary

#C2CECE

accent

#9A9A4B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A8A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →