#AC8A89#AC8A89

#AC8A89 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.042 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A89
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(2, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 20.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 12.73, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 13.84, 23.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.039 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.042 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6172, 28.7549, 27.5995)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A89 #89ABAC

analogous

#AC8999 #AC8A89 #AC9B89

triadic

#AC8A89 #89AC8A #8A89AC

tetradic

#AC8A89 #99AC89 #89ABAC #9B89AC

square

#AC8A89 #99AC89 #89ABAC #9B89AC

split-complementary

#AC8A89 #89AC9B #8999AC

monochromatic

#6E4E4D #916866 #AC8A89 #C5AEAD #DFD1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AC8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#AC8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A89

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A89	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)

#908E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.042 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5acab',
    500: '#ac8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a89;
$custom-light: #c5acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 17.413,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66488,
    "c": 0.04159,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A89

secondary

#C2CFCF

accent

#999C4A

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A89

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

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