#AB8A8A#AB8A8A

#AB8A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.040 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A8A
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 19.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, 12.50, 4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 13.37, 20.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0383 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.04 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4706, 28.6710, 27.9688)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A8A #8AABAB

analogous

#AB8A9A #AB8A8A #AB9A8A

triadic

#AB8A8A #8AAB8A #8A8AAB

tetradic

#AB8A8A #9AAB8A #8AABAB #9A8AAB

square

#AB8A8A #9AAB8A #8AABAB #9A8AAB

split-complementary

#AB8A8A #8AAB9A #8A9AAB

monochromatic

#6D4E4E #906868 #AB8A8A #C5AEAE #DED1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AB8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#AB8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A8A

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A8A	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97948A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.040 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4acac',
    500: '#ab8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a8a;
$custom-light: #c4acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66415,
    "c": 0.04028,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A8A

secondary

#C2CFCF

accent

#9B9B4B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A8A

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

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