#AE8487#AE8487

#AE8487 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.052 H 13.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8487
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 135)
HSL	hsl(356, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 22.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 16.57, 4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 17.21, 15.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0504 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.052 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0803, 27.2518, 26.5927)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8487 #84AEAB

analogous

#AE849C #AE8487 #AE9684

triadic

#AE8487 #87AE84 #8487AE

tetradic

#AE8487 #9CAE84 #84AEAB #9684AE

square

#AE8487 #9CAE84 #84AEAB #9684AE

split-complementary

#AE8487 #84AE96 #849CAE

monochromatic

#6F494C #946165 #AE8487 #C6A9AB #DFCECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AE8487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AE8487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8487

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8487	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.052 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a8a9',
    500: '#ae8487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8487;
$custom-light: #c7a8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65465,
    "c": 0.0519,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8487

secondary

#BFCFCE

accent

#BDB76B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#130F10

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8487

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

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