#AA9596#AA9596

#AA9596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.025 H 14.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9596
RGB	rgb(170, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(357, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(357, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 11.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, 7.95, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 8.29, 16.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% 0.0243 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.025 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8297, 32.2437, 33.3425)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9596 #95AAA9

analogous

#AA95A0 #AA9596 #AA9E95

triadic

#AA9596 #96AA95 #9596AA

tetradic

#AA9596 #A0AA95 #95AAA9 #9E95AA

square

#AA9596 #A0AA95 #95AAA9 #9E95AA

split-complementary

#AA9596 #95AA9E #95A0AA

monochromatic

#6D5759 #8F7374 #AA9596 #C5B7B8 #E0D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AA9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9596

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9596	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.025 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b4b4',
    500: '#aa9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9596;
$custom-light: #c3b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 10.995,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68874,
    "c": 0.02508,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9596

secondary

#CAD1D1

accent

#959250

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9596

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

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