#AC8A8A#AC8A8A

#AC8A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.042 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A8A
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 19.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 12.89, 4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 13.79, 20.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0394 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.042 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6893, 28.7837, 27.9791)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A8A #8AACAC

analogous

#AC8A9B #AC8A8A #AC9B8A

triadic

#AC8A8A #8AAC8A #8A8AAC

tetradic

#AC8A8A #9BAC8A #8AACAC #9B8AAC

square

#AC8A8A #9BAC8A #8AACAC #9B8AAC

split-complementary

#AC8A8A #8AAC9B #8A9BAC

monochromatic

#6E4E4E #926767 #AC8A8A #C5AEAE #DFD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AC8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AC8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A8A

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A8A	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98958A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.042 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5acac',
    500: '#ac8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a8a;
$custom-light: #c5acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 17,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66516,
    "c": 0.04152,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A8A

secondary

#C2CFCF

accent

#9B9B4A

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A8A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →