#AD9999#AD9999

#AD9999 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.024 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9999
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 11.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 7.37, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 7.85, 20.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0226 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.024 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3742, 33.9673, 34.8764)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9999 #99ADAD

analogous

#AD99A3 #AD9999 #ADA399

triadic

#AD9999 #99AD99 #9999AD

tetradic

#AD9999 #A3AD99 #99ADAD #A399AD

square

#AD9999 #A3AD99 #99ADAD #A399AD

split-complementary

#AD9999 #99ADA3 #99A3AD

monochromatic

#715B5B #927777 #AD9999 #C8BBBB #E4DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AD9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AD9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9999

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9999	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.024 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b7b7',
    500: '#ad9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9999;
$custom-light: #c5b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70053,
    "c": 0.02374,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9999

secondary

#CDD4D4

accent

#959551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9999

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

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