#AE8A84#AE8A84

#AE8A84 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.045 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A84
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 132)
HSL	hsl(9, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(9, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 24.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 12.74, 8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 15.27, 33.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0393 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.045 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7092, 28.8429, 25.7750)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A84 #84A8AE

analogous

#AE8493 #AE8A84 #AE9F84

triadic

#AE8A84 #84AE8A #8A84AE

tetradic

#AE8A84 #93AE84 #84A8AE #9F84AE

square

#AE8A84 #93AE84 #84A8AE #9F84AE

split-complementary

#AE8A84 #84AE9F #8493AE

monochromatic

#6F4E49 #946861 #AE8A84 #C6ADA9 #DFD0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8A84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#AE8A84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A84

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A84	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.045 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aca7',
    500: '#ae8a84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a84;
$custom-light: #c7aca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66554,
    "c": 0.04507,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A84

secondary

#BFCDCF

accent

#B1BD6B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#13100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A84

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

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