#AC9490#AC9490

#AC9490 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.029 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9490
RGB	rgb(172, 148, 144)
HSL	hsl(9, 14%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(9, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 16.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 8.26, 5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 9.88, 33.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0257 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.029 29)
XYZ	xyz(32.6371, 31.9650, 30.8308)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9490 #90A8AC

analogous

#AC909A #AC9490 #ACA290

triadic

#AC9490 #90AC94 #9490AC

tetradic

#AC9490 #9AAC90 #90A8AC #A290AC

square

#AC9490 #9AAC90 #90A8AC #A290AC

split-complementary

#AC9490 #90ACA2 #909AAC

monochromatic

#6F5753 #92726D #AC9490 #C6B6B3 #E0D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AC9490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AC9490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9490

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9490	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 148, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.029 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b3b0',
    500: '#ac9490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9490;
$custom-light: #c5b3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 14.433,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68687,
    "c": 0.02944,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.31964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9490

secondary

#C7D0D1

accent

#8E994D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9490

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

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