#AA9999#AA9999

#AA9999 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.020 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9999
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 10%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 6.25, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 6.65, 20.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0192 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.02 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7181, 33.6290, 34.8456)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9999 #99AAAA

analogous

#AA99A1 #AA9999 #AAA199

triadic

#AA9999 #99AA99 #9999AA

tetradic

#AA9999 #A1AA99 #99AAAA #A199AA

square

#AA9999 #A1AA99 #99AAAA #A199AA

split-complementary

#AA9999 #99AAA1 #99A1AA

monochromatic

#6D5B5B #8E7878 #AA9999 #C6BABA #E2DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AA9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9999

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9999	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.020 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7b7',
    500: '#aa9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9999;
$custom-light: #c3b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69778,
    "c": 0.02014,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9999

secondary

#CCD2D2

accent

#939352

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9999

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

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