#AE686C#AE686C

#AE686C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.090 H 16.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE686C
RGB	rgb(174, 104, 108)
HSL	hsl(357, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(357, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 37.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 28.52, 9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 30.17, 19.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.0864 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.09 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1138, 19.9841, 16.7191)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE686C #68AEAA

analogous

#AE688F #AE686C #AE8768

triadic

#AE686C #6CAE68 #686CAE

tetradic

#AE686C #8FAE68 #68AEAA #8768AE

square

#AE686C #8FAE68 #68AEAA #8768AE

split-complementary

#AE686C #68AE87 #688FAE

monochromatic

#653639 #8D4C4F #AE686C #C39093 #D9B8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#AE686C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#AE686C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE686C

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE686C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE686C	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75736C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87816B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB606A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae686c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 104, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.090 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89496',
    500: '#ae686c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae686c;
$custom-light: #c89496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae686c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.571,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59558,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE686C

secondary

#AAC8C6

accent

#C6C161

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F1F1

border

#D2CBCB

text

#130D0D

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE686C

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

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