#AC858E#AC858E

#AC858E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.049 H 3.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC858E
RGB	rgb(172, 133, 142)
HSL	hsl(346, 19%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(346, 23%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 17.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 16.35, 0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 16.38, 3.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0492 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.049 3.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2833, 27.4999, 29.2988)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC858E #85ACA3

analogous

#AC85A1 #AC858E #AC9085

triadic

#AC858E #8EAC85 #858EAC

tetradic

#AC858E #A1AC85 #85ACA3 #9085AC

square

#AC858E #A1AC85 #85ACA3 #9085AC

split-complementary

#AC858E #85AC90 #85A1AC

monochromatic

#6D4A52 #91636D #AC858E #C5A9B0 #DECED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AC858E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AC858E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC858E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC858E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC858E	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93928D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac858e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 133, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.049 3.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a8af',
    500: '#ac858e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac858e;
$custom-light: #c5a8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac858e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 19.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65655,
    "c": 0.04925,
    "h": 3.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC858E

secondary

#BFCECA

accent

#BCA96C

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#130F10

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC858E

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

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