#AE797E#AE797E

#AE797E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.067 H 12.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE797E
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(354, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(354, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 27.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 21.42, 5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 22.15, 14.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.0651 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.067 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0595, 24.1814, 22.9242)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE797E #79AEA9

analogous

#AE7998 #AE797E #AE8F79

triadic

#AE797E #7EAE79 #797EAE

tetradic

#AE797E #98AE79 #79AEA9 #8F79AE

square

#AE797E #98AE79 #79AEA9 #8F79AE

split-complementary

#AE797E #79AE8F #7998AE

monochromatic

#6C4145 #92585E #AE797E #C59FA3 #DCC5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#AE797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#AE797E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE797E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE797E	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82817E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.067 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a0a3',
    500: '#ae797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae797e;
$custom-light: #c7a0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.34,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6312,
    "c": 0.06674,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE797E

secondary

#B7CCCA

accent

#C1B967

background

#FCF9FA

surface

#F8F2F3

border

#D1CCCD

text

#130E0F

muted

#827E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE797E

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

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