#AA9799#AA9799

#AA9799 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.023 H 10.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9799
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(354, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(354, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 10%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 7.36, 1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 7.52, 11.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0223 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.023 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3935, 32.9798, 34.7374)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9799 #97AAA8

analogous

#AA97A2 #AA9799 #AA9E97

triadic

#AA9799 #99AA97 #9799AA

tetradic

#AA9799 #A2AA97 #97AAA8 #9E97AA

square

#AA9799 #A2AA97 #97AAA8 #9E97AA

split-complementary

#AA9799 #97AA9E #97A2AA

monochromatic

#6D595B #8E7578 #AA9799 #C6B9BA #E1DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AA9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AA9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9799

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9799	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.023 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5b7',
    500: '#aa9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9799;
$custom-light: #c3b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 10.053,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69369,
    "c": 0.0227,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9799

secondary

#CBD2D1

accent

#948D51

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9799

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

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