#AA8D8E#AA8D8E

#AA8D8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.035 H 15.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D8E
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(358, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 16.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 11.08, 3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 11.64, 17.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.0338 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.035 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9849, 29.5498, 29.6574)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D8E #8DAAA9

analogous

#AA8D9C #AA8D8E #AA9A8D

triadic

#AA8D8E #8EAA8D #8D8EAA

tetradic

#AA8D8E #9CAA8D #8DAAA9 #9A8DAA

square

#AA8D8E #9CAA8D #8DAAA9 #9A8DAA

split-complementary

#AA8D8E #8DAA9A #8D9CAA

monochromatic

#6C5152 #8F6B6C #AA8D8E #C4B0B1 #DED3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AA8D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#AA8D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D8E

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D8E	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98968E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.035 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aeaf',
    500: '#aa8d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d8e;
$custom-light: #c3aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.931,
    "s": 14.573,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67028,
    "c": 0.03516,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D8E

secondary

#C4CFCE

accent

#99964D

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D8E

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

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