#AE8A80#AE8A80

#AE8A80 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.047 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A80
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(13, 22%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(13, 26%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 26.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, 12.15, 10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 16.10, 41.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0377 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.047 36)
XYZ	xyz(30.4408, 28.7355, 24.3609)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A80 #80A4AE

analogous

#AE808D #AE8A80 #AEA180

triadic

#AE8A80 #80AE8A #8A80AE

tetradic

#AE8A80 #8DAE80 #80A4AE #A180AE

square

#AE8A80 #8DAE80 #80A4AE #A180AE

split-complementary

#AE8A80 #80AEA1 #808DAE

monochromatic

#6E4F46 #93695E #AE8A80 #C6ACA5 #DECFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#AE8A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A80

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A80	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.047 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aca4',
    500: '#ae8a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a80;
$custom-light: #c7aca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 22.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66449,
    "c": 0.0466,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.28734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A80

secondary

#BCCACE

accent

#ACBF69

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#13100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A80

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

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