#AC9596#AC9596

#AC9596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.028 H 14.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9596
RGB	rgb(172, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(357, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(357, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 12.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, 8.71, 2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 9.09, 16.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0266 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.028 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2654, 32.4684, 33.3629)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9596 #95ACAB

analogous

#AC95A1 #AC9596 #AC9F95

triadic

#AC9596 #96AC95 #9596AC

tetradic

#AC9596 #A1AC95 #95ACAB #9F95AC

square

#AC9596 #A1AC95 #95ACAB #9F95AC

split-complementary

#AC9596 #95AC9F #95A1AC

monochromatic

#6F5758 #917374 #AC9596 #C7B7B8 #E2DADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AC9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AC9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9596

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9596	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.028 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b4b4',
    500: '#ac9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9596;
$custom-light: #c5b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 12.169,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69062,
    "c": 0.0275,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9596

secondary

#CAD3D2

accent

#96934F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9596

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

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