#AD8A8A#AD8A8A

#AD8A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.043 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A8A
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 20.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 13.27, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 14.21, 20.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.0406 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.043 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9097, 28.8974, 27.9894)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A8A #8AADAD

analogous

#AD8A9B #AD8A8A #AD9B8A

triadic

#AD8A8A #8AAD8A #8A8AAD

tetradic

#AD8A8A #9BAD8A #8AADAD #9B8AAD

square

#AD8A8A #9BAD8A #8AADAD #9B8AAD

split-complementary

#AD8A8A #8AAD9B #8A9BAD

monochromatic

#6F4E4E #936767 #AD8A8A #C6AEAE #DFD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AD8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#AD8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A8A

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A8A	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98958A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.043 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acac',
    500: '#ad8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a8a;
$custom-light: #c6acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 17.588,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66618,
    "c": 0.04276,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A8A

secondary

#C3D0D0

accent

#9C9C4A

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A8A

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

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