#AE6969#AE6969

#AE6969 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.089 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6969
RGB	rgb(174, 105, 105)
HSL	hsl(0, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 39.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 27.60, 11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 30.03, 23.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.0835 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.089 20)
XYZ	xyz(25.0581, 20.1238, 15.9264)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6969 #69AEAE

analogous

#AE698C #AE6969 #AE8C69

triadic

#AE6969 #69AE69 #6969AE

tetradic

#AE6969 #8CAE69 #69AEAE #8C69AE

square

#AE6969 #8CAE69 #69AEAE #8C69AE

split-complementary

#AE6969 #69AE8C #698CAE

monochromatic

#663737 #8D4C4C #AE6969 #C39191 #D9B8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#AE6969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#AE6969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6969

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6969	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 105, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.089 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89593',
    500: '#ae6969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6969;
$custom-light: #c89593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59655,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.20122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6969

secondary

#ABC8C8

accent

#C6C662

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F1F1

border

#D2CBCB

text

#130D0D

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6969

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

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