#AA9599#AA9599

#AA9599 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.026 H 4.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9599
RGB	rgb(170, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(349, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(349, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 10%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 8.48, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 8.51, 5.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0255 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.026 4.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0743, 32.3415, 34.6311)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9599 #95AAA6

analogous

#AA95A4 #AA9599 #AA9B95

triadic

#AA9599 #99AA95 #9599AA

tetradic

#AA9599 #A4AA95 #95AAA6 #9B95AA

square

#AA9599 #A4AA95 #95AAA6 #9B95AA

split-complementary

#AA9599 #95AA9B #95A4AA

monochromatic

#6D575C #8F7378 #AA9599 #C5B7BA #E0D9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AA9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AA9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9599

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9599	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.026 4.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b4b7',
    500: '#aa9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9599;
$custom-light: #c3b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 10.995,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68963,
    "c": 0.02556,
    "h": 4.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9599

secondary

#CAD1D0

accent

#958850

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9599

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

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