#AF9999#AF9999

#AF9999 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.026 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9999
RGB	rgb(175, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 12.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 8.12, 2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 8.65, 20.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0249 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.026 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8199, 34.1971, 34.8973)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9999 #99AFAF

analogous

#AF99A4 #AF9999 #AFA499

triadic

#AF9999 #99AF99 #9999AF

tetradic

#AF9999 #A4AF99 #99AFAF #A499AF

square

#AF9999 #A4AF99 #99AFAF #A499AF

split-complementary

#AF9999 #99AFA4 #99A4AF

monochromatic

#735A5A #947777 #AF9999 #CABBBB #E5DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AF9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#AF9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9999

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9999	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.026 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b7b7',
    500: '#af9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9999;
$custom-light: #c7b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 12.088,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.02615,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9999

secondary

#CED6D6

accent

#96964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9999

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

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