#AA9498#AA9498

#AA9498 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.027 H 5.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9498
RGB	rgb(170, 148, 152)
HSL	hsl(349, 11%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(349, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 10.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 8.86, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 8.91, 5.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0267 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.027 5.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8346, 31.9936, 34.1454)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9498 #94AAA6

analogous

#AA94A3 #AA9498 #AA9B94

triadic

#AA9498 #98AA94 #9498AA

tetradic

#AA9498 #A3AA94 #94AAA6 #9B94AA

square

#AA9498 #A3AA94 #94AAA6 #9B94AA

split-complementary

#AA9498 #94AA9B #94A3AA

monochromatic

#6D575B #8F7277 #AA9498 #C5B6B9 #E0D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AA9498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AA9498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9498

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9498	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 148, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.027 5.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b3b6',
    500: '#aa9498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9498;
$custom-light: #c3b3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 11.458,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68731,
    "c": 0.02678,
    "h": 5.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9498

secondary

#C9D1CF

accent

#968950

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9498

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

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