#AF8A8A#AF8A8A

#AF8A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.045 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8A8A
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 21.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 14.05, 5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 15.04, 20.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0429 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.045 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3553, 29.1272, 28.0103)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8A8A #8AAFAF

analogous

#AF8A9D #AF8A8A #AF9D8A

triadic

#AF8A8A #8AAF8A #8A8AAF

tetradic

#AF8A8A #9DAF8A #8AAFAF #9D8AAF

square

#AF8A8A #9DAF8A #8AAFAF #9D8AAF

split-complementary

#AF8A8A #8AAF9D #8A9DAF

monochromatic

#714D4D #966666 #AF8A8A #C8AEAE #E1D3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AF8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#AF8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8A8A

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8A8A	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.045 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7acac',
    500: '#af8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8a8a;
$custom-light: #c7acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 18.782,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66822,
    "c": 0.04524,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8A8A

secondary

#C3D1D1

accent

#9D9D48

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8A8A

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

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