#AC8A8D#AC8A8D

#AC8A8D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.042 H 12.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A8D
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(355, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 18%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, 13.37, 3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 13.77, 13.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0406 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.042 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9095, 28.8718, 29.1388)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A8D #8AACA9

analogous

#AC8A9E #AC8A8D #AC988A

triadic

#AC8A8D #8DAC8A #8A8DAC

tetradic

#AC8A8D #9EAC8A #8AACA9 #988AAC

square

#AC8A8D #9EAC8A #8AACA9 #988AAC

split-complementary

#AC8A8D #8AAC98 #8A9EAC

monochromatic

#6E4E51 #92676B #AC8A8D #C5AEB0 #DFD2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AC8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#AC8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A8D

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A8D	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97958C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.042 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5acae',
    500: '#ac8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a8d;
$custom-light: #c5acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 17,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66602,
    "c": 0.04159,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A8D

secondary

#C2CFCE

accent

#9B944A

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A8D

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

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