#AA8A8D#AA8A8D

#AA8A8D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.039 H 11.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A8D
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(354, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(354, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 17.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, 12.61, 2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 12.96, 13.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0383 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.039 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4738, 28.6471, 29.1184)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A8D #8AAAA7

analogous

#AA8A9D #AA8A8D #AA978A

triadic

#AA8A8D #8DAA8A #8A8DAA

tetradic

#AA8A8D #9DAA8A #8AAAA7 #978AAA

square

#AA8A8D #9DAA8A #8AAAA7 #978AAA

split-complementary

#AA8A8D #8AAA97 #8A9DAA

monochromatic

#6C4E51 #8F686C #AA8A8D #C4ADB0 #DED1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AA8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#AA8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A8D

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A8D	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.039 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acae',
    500: '#aa8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a8d;
$custom-light: #c3acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.375,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66401,
    "c": 0.03913,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A8D

secondary

#C2CECD

accent

#9A934B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A8D

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

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