#AC9496#AC9496

#AC9496 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.029 H 12.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9496
RGB	rgb(172, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(355, 13%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(355, 14%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 12.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 9.26, 2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 9.53, 13.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0282 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.029 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1079, 32.1533, 33.3104)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9496 #94ACAA

analogous

#AC94A2 #AC9496 #AC9E94

triadic

#AC9496 #96AC94 #9496AC

tetradic

#AC9496 #A2AC94 #94ACAA #9E94AC

square

#AC9496 #A2AC94 #94ACAA #9E94AC

split-complementary

#AC9496 #94AC9E #94A2AC

monochromatic

#6F5658 #917274 #AC9496 #C7B6B8 #E1D9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AC9496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AC9496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9496

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9496	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.029 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b3b4',
    500: '#ac9496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9496;
$custom-light: #c5b3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 12.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6886,
    "c": 0.02881,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9496

secondary

#CAD2D2

accent

#97914F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9496

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

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