#AC9498#AC9498

#AC9498 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.029 H 6.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9498
RGB	rgb(172, 148, 152)
HSL	hsl(350, 13%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(350, 14%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 11.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 9.61, 1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 9.68, 7.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.029 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.029 6.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2703, 32.2183, 34.1658)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9498 #94ACA8

analogous

#AC94A4 #AC9498 #AC9C94

triadic

#AC9498 #98AC94 #9498AC

tetradic

#AC9498 #A4AC94 #94ACA8 #9C94AC

square

#AC9498 #A4AC94 #94ACA8 #9C94AC

split-complementary

#AC9498 #94AC9C #94A4AC

monochromatic

#6F565A #917277 #AC9498 #C7B6B9 #E1D9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AC9498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AC9498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9498

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9498	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 148, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.029 6.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b3b6',
    500: '#ac9498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9498;
$custom-light: #c5b3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 12.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68919,
    "c": 0.02915,
    "h": 6.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9498

secondary

#CAD2D1

accent

#978B4F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9498

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

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