#AA8C8A#AA8C8A

#AA8C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.037 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8C8A
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(4, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 10.99, 5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 12.22, 25.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0338 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.037 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5431, 29.1382, 28.0552)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8C8A #8AA8AA

analogous

#AA8A98 #AA8C8A #AA9C8A

triadic

#AA8C8A #8AAA8C #8C8AAA

tetradic

#AA8C8A #98AA8A #8AA8AA #9C8AAA

square

#AA8C8A #98AA8A #8AA8AA #9C8AAA

split-complementary

#AA8C8A #8AAA9C #8A98AA

monochromatic

#6C504E #8F6A68 #AA8C8A #C4AFAD #DED2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AA8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#AA8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8C8A

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8C8A	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98958A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.037 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3adac',
    500: '#aa8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8c8a;
$custom-light: #c3adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66713,
    "c": 0.03665,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8C8A

secondary

#C2CDCE

accent

#959A4B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8C8A

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

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