#AC9999#AC9999

#AC9999 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.023 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9999
RGB	rgb(172, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 11%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 7.00, 2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 7.45, 20.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0215 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.023 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1538, 33.8537, 34.8661)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9999 #99ACAC

analogous

#AC99A2 #AC9999 #ACA299

triadic

#AC9999 #99AC99 #9999AC

tetradic

#AC9999 #A2AC99 #99ACAC #A299AC

square

#AC9999 #A2AC99 #99ACAC #A299AC

split-complementary

#AC9999 #99ACA2 #99A2AC

monochromatic

#705B5B #917777 #AC9999 #C7BBBB #E3DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AC9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AC9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9999

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9999	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.023 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7b7',
    500: '#ac9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9999;
$custom-light: #c4b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10.27,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6996,
    "c": 0.02254,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9999

secondary

#CDD4D4

accent

#949451

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9999

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

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