#AC9896#AC9896

#AC9896 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.024 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9896
RGB	rgb(172, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(5, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 12.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 7.04, 3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 7.98, 28.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0218 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.024 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7462, 33.4299, 33.5232)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9896 #96AAAC

analogous

#AC969F #AC9896 #ACA396

triadic

#AC9896 #96AC98 #9896AC

tetradic

#AC9896 #9FAC96 #96AAAC #A396AC

square

#AC9896 #9FAC96 #96AAAC #A396AC

split-complementary

#AC9896 #96ACA3 #969FAC

monochromatic

#6F5A58 #917674 #AC9896 #C7BAB8 #E2DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AC9896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AC9896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9896

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9896	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.024 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b6b4',
    500: '#ac9896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9896;
$custom-light: #c4b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 11.702,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6967,
    "c": 0.024,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9896

secondary

#CBD2D3

accent

#8F9650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9896

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

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