#AB8A8D#AB8A8D

#AB8A8D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.040 H 12.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A8D
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(355, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 17.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, 12.99, 3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 13.36, 13.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.0395 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.04 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6908, 28.7591, 29.1285)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A8D #8AABA8

analogous

#AB8A9D #AB8A8D #AB978A

triadic

#AB8A8D #8DAB8A #8A8DAB

tetradic

#AB8A8D #9DAB8A #8AABA8 #978AAB

square

#AB8A8D #9DAB8A #8AABA8 #978AAB

split-complementary

#AB8A8D #8AAB97 #8A9DAB

monochromatic

#6D4E51 #90686B #AB8A8D #C5AEB0 #DED1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AB8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#AB8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A8D

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A8D	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97948C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.040 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4acae',
    500: '#ab8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a8d;
$custom-light: #c4acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66502,
    "c": 0.04036,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A8D

secondary

#C2CFCE

accent

#9B934B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A8D

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

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