#AC8E8E#AC8E8E

#AC8E8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.036 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8E8E
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(0, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 17.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, 11.29, 4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 12.06, 20.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% 0.0346 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.036 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5687, 30.0707, 29.7272)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8E8E #8EACAC

analogous

#AC8E9D #AC8E8E #AC9D8E

triadic

#AC8E8E #8EAC8E #8E8EAC

tetradic

#AC8E8E #9DAC8E #8EACAC #9D8EAC

square

#AC8E8E #9DAC8E #8EACAC #9D8EAC

split-complementary

#AC8E8E #8EAC9D #8E9DAC

monochromatic

#6E5151 #926B6B #AC8E8E #C6B1B1 #E0D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#AC8E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#AC8E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8E8E

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8E8E	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A978E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.036 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5afaf',
    500: '#ac8e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8e8e;
$custom-light: #c5afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67425,
    "c": 0.03636,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8E8E

secondary

#C5D0D0

accent

#9A9A4C

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8E8E

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