#AE8A86#AE8A86

#AE8A86 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.045 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A86
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(6, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 23%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 23%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 13.04, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 14.97, 29.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0402 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.045 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8474, 28.8981, 26.5027)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A86 #86AAAE

analogous

#AE8696 #AE8A86 #AE9E86

triadic

#AE8A86 #86AE8A #8A86AE

tetradic

#AE8A86 #96AE86 #86AAAE #9E86AE

square

#AE8A86 #96AE86 #86AAAE #9E86AE

split-complementary

#AE8A86 #86AE9E #8696AE

monochromatic

#6F4E4A #946863 #AE8A86 #C7ADAB #DFD1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#AE8A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A86

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A86	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.045 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aca9',
    500: '#ae8a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a86;
$custom-light: #c7aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 19.802,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66608,
    "c": 0.04455,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A86

secondary

#C0CED0

accent

#959E47

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#13100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A86

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

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