#AA8A8C#AA8A8C

#AA8A8C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.039 H 14.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A8C
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 140)
HSL	hsl(356, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 17.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, 12.44, 3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 12.93, 15.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0379 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.039 14)
XYZ	xyz(30.3997, 28.6175, 28.7283)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A8C #8AAAA8

analogous

#AA8A9C #AA8A8C #AA988A

triadic

#AA8A8C #8CAA8A #8A8CAA

tetradic

#AA8A8C #9CAA8A #8AAAA8 #988AAA

square

#AA8A8C #9CAA8A #8AAAA8 #988AAA

split-complementary

#AA8A8C #8AAA98 #8A9CAA

monochromatic

#6C4E50 #8F686A #AA8A8C #C4ADAF #DED1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AA8A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AA8A8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A8C

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A8C	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.039 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acad',
    500: '#aa8a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a8c;
$custom-light: #c3acad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66372,
    "c": 0.03905,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.28616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A8C

secondary

#C2CECD

accent

#9A954B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A8C

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

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