#AE696E#AE696E

#AE696E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.089 H 15.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE696E
RGB	rgb(174, 105, 110)
HSL	hsl(356, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(356, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 36.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 28.22, 9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 29.63, 17.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.0855 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.089 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3227, 20.2296, 17.3198)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE696E #69AEA9

analogous

#AE6991 #AE696E #AE8769

triadic

#AE696E #6EAE69 #696EAE

tetradic

#AE696E #91AE69 #69AEA9 #8769AE

square

#AE696E #91AE69 #69AEA9 #8769AE

split-complementary

#AE696E #69AE87 #6991AE

monochromatic

#66373A #8D4C51 #AE696E #C39194 #D9B8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#AE696E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#AE696E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE696E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE696E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE696E	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76746E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87816D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA626B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae696e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 105, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.089 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89597',
    500: '#ae696e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae696e;
$custom-light: #c89597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae696e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.652,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59785,
    "c": 0.0887,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE696E

secondary

#ABC8C6

accent

#C6BF62

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F1F2

border

#D1CBCC

text

#130D0D

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE696E

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

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