#AA9A96#AA9A96

#AA9A96 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.020 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9A96
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(12, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(12, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 11.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 5.17, 4.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 6.68, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0164 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.02 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6378, 33.8599, 33.6119)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9A96 #96A6AA

analogous

#AA969C #AA9A96 #AAA496

triadic

#AA9A96 #96AA9A #9A96AA

tetradic

#AA9A96 #9CAA96 #96A6AA #A496AA

square

#AA9A96 #9CAA96 #96A6AA #A496AA

split-complementary

#AA9A96 #96AAA4 #969CAA

monochromatic

#6D5D58 #8F7974 #AA9A96 #C5BBB8 #E1DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AA9A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AA9A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9A96

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9A96	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.020 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7b4',
    500: '#aa9a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9a96;
$custom-light: #c3b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69896,
    "c": 0.01985,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9A96

secondary

#CAD0D2

accent

#879551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9A96

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

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