HEX atlas value

#AA9692

#AA9692 is a warm red HEX color close to Driftwood. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 170, 150, 146, HSL 10, 12%, 62%, has luminance 0.3243, and belongs to the muted group.

red warm muted

#AA9692 Sample readable text

HEX #AA9692

RGB rgb(170, 150, 146)

HSL hsl(10 12% 62%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 12, 14, 33)

Luminance 0.3243

Contrast Black 7.49:1White 2.81:1

CSS

--color-aa9692: #AA9692;
.background-aa9692 { background-color: #AA9692; }
.text-aa9692 { color: #AA9692; }

Luminance0.3243

Black text7.49:1AA Pass

White text2.81:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#AA9692","rgb":[170,150,146],"hsl":[10,12,62],"cmyk":[0,12,14,33],"luminance":0.3243,"contrast":{"black":7.49,"white":2.81}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":7.49,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.81,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D2C8C6","hex":"#D2C8C6","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.82,"contrastWhite":1.64,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Mushroom","hex":"#B7A99A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.16,"contrastWhite":2.29,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.98,"contrastWhite":2.34,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#AAA292","hex":"#AAA292","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.29,"contrastWhite":2.53,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#92A6AA","hex":"#92A6AA","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.26,"contrastWhite":2.54,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","muted","muted red","Driftwood adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/aa9692.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/driftwood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cement.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/rosy-brown.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#92A6AA","analogous":["#AA929A","#AAA292"],"triadic":["#92AA96","#9692AA"],"tetradic":["#9AAA92","#92A6AA","#A292AA"],"splitComplementary":["#92AAA2","#929AAA"],"monochromatic":["#D2C8C6","#AA9692","#7E6763"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D2C8C6","dark":"#7E6763","saturated":"#BF887D","desaturated":"#9E9E9E","pastel":"#DEDEDE","neon":"#FF7F66"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"driftwood","name":"Driftwood","hex":"#A69A8D","distance":7.54983443527075},{"slug":"cement","name":"Cement","hex":"#A5A391","distance":13.96424004376894},{"slug":"rosy-brown","name":"Rosy Brown","hex":"#BC8F8F","distance":19.544820285692065},{"slug":"greige","name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","distance":21.118712081942874},{"slug":"mushroom","name":"Mushroom","hex":"#B7A99A","distance":24.372115213907882}]

HEX meaning and use

About #AA9692

#AA9692 is classified as a warm red value with muted visual character. #AA9692 is visually closest to Driftwood, a named orange color with HEX #A69A8D.

The RGB channels are 170, 150, and 146, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 10deg with 12% saturation and 62% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.3243, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 7.55, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text7.49:1AA Pass

White text2.81:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #AA9692 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000007.49:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.81:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D2C8C6#000000 text · best 12.82:1#D2C8C6

Mushroom#000000 text · best 9.16:1#B7A99A

Greige#000000 text · best 8.98:1#B0A999

#AAA292#000000 text · best 8.29:1#AAA292

#92A6AA#000000 text · best 8.26:1#92A6AA

Generated Palette

#AA9692#AA9692

#92A6AA#92A6AA

#AA929A#AA929A

#AAA292#AAA292

#D2C8C6#D2C8C6

#7E6763#7E6763

Color Harmonies

#92A6AA#92A6AA

#AA929A#AA929A

#AAA292#AAA292

#92AA96#92AA96

#9692AA#9692AA

Variants

#D2C8C6#D2C8C6

#7E6763#7E6763

#BF887D#BF887D

#9E9E9E#9E9E9E

#DEDEDE#DEDEDE

#FF7F66#FF7F66

Nearest Named Colors

Driftwood#A69A8D

Cement#A5A391

Rosy Brown#BC8F8F

Greige#B0A999

Mushroom#B7A99A

#AA9692

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #AA9692

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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