#AC8C8E#AC8C8E

#AC8C8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.039 H 13.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8C8E
RGB	rgb(172, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(356, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 17.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 12.41, 3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 12.90, 15.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.0378 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.039 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2738, 29.4809, 29.6289)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8C8E #8CACAA

analogous

#AC8C9E #AC8C8E #AC9A8C

triadic

#AC8C8E #8EAC8C #8C8EAC

tetradic

#AC8C8E #9EAC8C #8CACAA #9A8CAC

square

#AC8C8E #9EAC8C #8CACAA #9A8CAC

split-complementary

#AC8C8E #8CAC9A #8C9EAC

monochromatic

#6E4F51 #92696C #AC8C8E #C6B0B1 #DFD3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AC8C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#AC8C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8C8E

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8C8E	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98968E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.039 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5adaf',
    500: '#ac8c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8c8e;
$custom-light: #c5adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 16.162,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67027,
    "c": 0.03894,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8C8E

secondary

#C4D0CF

accent

#9A954B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8C8E

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

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