#AE8A85#AE8A85

#AE8A85 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.045 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A85
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(7, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 23.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, 12.89, 7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 15.11, 31.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.0397 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.045 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7780, 28.8704, 26.1371)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A85 #85A9AE

analogous

#AE8594 #AE8A85 #AE9E85

triadic

#AE8A85 #85AE8A #8A85AE

tetradic

#AE8A85 #94AE85 #85A9AE #9E85AE

square

#AE8A85 #94AE85 #85A9AE #9E85AE

split-complementary

#AE8A85 #85AE9E #8594AE

monochromatic

#6F4E4A #946862 #AE8A85 #C6ADAA #DFD1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#AE8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A85

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A85	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)

#918E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.045 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aca8',
    500: '#ae8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a85;
$custom-light: #c7aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.317,
    "s": 20.197,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66581,
    "c": 0.04479,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A85

secondary

#C0CDCF

accent

#949F47

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#13100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A85

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

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