#AE8A82#AE8A82

#AE8A82 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.046 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A82
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 130)
HSL	hsl(11, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(11, 25%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 25.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 12.44, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 15.65, 37.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.0385 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.046 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5737, 28.7886, 25.0611)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A82 #82A6AE

analogous

#AE8290 #AE8A82 #AEA082

triadic

#AE8A82 #82AE8A #8A82AE

tetradic

#AE8A82 #90AE82 #82A6AE #A082AE

square

#AE8A82 #90AE82 #82A6AE #A082AE

split-complementary

#AE8A82 #82AEA0 #8290AE

monochromatic

#6E4E47 #93695F #AE8A82 #C6ADA7 #DED0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AE8A82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A82

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A82	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.046 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aca6',
    500: '#ae8a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a82;
$custom-light: #c7aca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 21.359,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66501,
    "c": 0.04577,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A82

secondary

#BDCBCE

accent

#AFBE6A

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#13100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A82

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

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