#AA8A8E#AA8A8E

#AA8A8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.039 H 9.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A8E
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(353, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(353, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 16.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 12.77, 2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 13.01, 10.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.0387 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.039 9.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5485, 28.6770, 29.5120)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A8E #8AAAA6

analogous

#AA8A9E #AA8A8E #AA968A

triadic

#AA8A8E #8EAA8A #8A8EAA

tetradic

#AA8A8E #9EAA8A #8AAAA6 #968AAA

square

#AA8A8E #9EAA8A #8AAAA6 #968AAA

split-complementary

#AA8A8E #8AAA96 #8A9EAA

monochromatic

#6C4E52 #8F686D #AA8A8E #C4ADB0 #DED1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AA8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#AA8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A8E

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A8E	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.039 9.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acaf',
    500: '#aa8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a8e;
$custom-light: #c3acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66431,
    "c": 0.03927,
    "h": 9.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A8E

secondary

#C2CECC

accent

#9A904B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A8E

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

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