#AA8E8A#AA8E8A

#AA8E8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.035 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E8A
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(8, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 9.87, 6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 11.59, 31.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0306 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.035 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8380, 29.7280, 28.1535)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E8A #8AA6AA

analogous

#AA8A96 #AA8E8A #AA9E8A

triadic

#AA8E8A #8AAA8E #8E8AAA

tetradic

#AA8E8A #96AA8A #8AA6AA #9E8AAA

square

#AA8E8A #96AA8A #8AA6AA #9E8AAA

split-complementary

#AA8E8A #8AAA9E #8A96AA

monochromatic

#6C524E #8F6D68 #AA8E8A #C4B0AD #DED2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AA8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#AA8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E8A

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E8A	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A968A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.035 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3afac',
    500: '#aa8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e8a;
$custom-light: #c3afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67115,
    "c": 0.03453,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E8A

secondary

#C2CCCE

accent

#909A4B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E8A

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

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