#AA9997#AA9997

#AA9997 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.020 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9997
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(6, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 11.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, 5.90, 3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 6.77, 29.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0184 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.02 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5543, 33.5635, 33.9830)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9997 #97A8AA

analogous

#AA979E #AA9997 #AAA297

triadic

#AA9997 #97AA99 #9997AA

tetradic

#AA9997 #9EAA97 #97A8AA #A297AA

square

#AA9997 #9EAA97 #97A8AA #A297AA

split-complementary

#AA9997 #97AAA2 #979EAA

monochromatic

#6D5B59 #8E7875 #AA9997 #C6BAB9 #E1DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AA9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9997

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9997	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.020 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7b5',
    500: '#aa9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9997;
$custom-light: #c3b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 10.053,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69719,
    "c": 0.0204,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9997

secondary

#CBD1D2

accent

#8D9451

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9997

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

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