#AE686B#AE686B

#AE686B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.090 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE686B
RGB	rgb(174, 104, 107)
HSL	hsl(357, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(357, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 38.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 28.40, 10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 30.24, 20.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.086 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.09 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0609, 19.9629, 16.4404)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE686B #68AEAB

analogous

#AE688E #AE686B #AE8868

triadic

#AE686B #6BAE68 #686BAE

tetradic

#AE686B #8EAE68 #68AEAB #8868AE

square

#AE686B #8EAE68 #68AEAB #8868AE

split-complementary

#AE686B #68AE88 #688EAE

monochromatic

#653638 #8D4C4E #AE686B #C39092 #D9B8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#AE686B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#AE686B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE686B

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE686B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE686B	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76736B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87816A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae686b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 104, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.090 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89495',
    500: '#ae686b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae686b;
$custom-light: #c89495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae686b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.429,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59532,
    "c": 0.09009,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE686B

secondary

#AAC8C6

accent

#C6C261

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F1F1

border

#D2CBCB

text

#130D0D

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE686B

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

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