#AE8A83#AE8A83

#AE8A83 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.045 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A83
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 131)
HSL	hsl(10, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(10, 25%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 24.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 12.59, 8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 15.45, 35.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0389 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.045 31)
XYZ	xyz(30.6411, 28.8156, 25.4163)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A83 #83A7AE

analogous

#AE8392 #AE8A83 #AE9F83

triadic

#AE8A83 #83AE8A #8A83AE

tetradic

#AE8A83 #92AE83 #83A7AE #9F83AE

square

#AE8A83 #92AE83 #83A7AE #9F83AE

split-complementary

#AE8A83 #83AE9F #8392AE

monochromatic

#6E4E48 #936960 #AE8A83 #C6ADA8 #DED0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AE8A83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A83

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A83	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)

#928E82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.045 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aca7',
    500: '#ae8a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a83;
$custom-light: #c7aca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.767,
    "s": 20.976,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66527,
    "c": 0.0454,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.28814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A83

secondary

#BECCCF

accent

#B0BE6A

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#13100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A83

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

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