#AE8A87#AE8A87

#AE8A87 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.044 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A87
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(5, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 22%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 22.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 13.19, 6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 14.85, 27.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.0406 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.044 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9175, 28.9262, 26.8717)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A87 #87ABAE

analogous

#AE8797 #AE8A87 #AE9D87

triadic

#AE8A87 #87AE8A #8A87AE

tetradic

#AE8A87 #97AE87 #87ABAE #9D87AE

square

#AE8A87 #97AE87 #87ABAE #9D87AE

split-complementary

#AE8A87 #87AE9D #8797AE

monochromatic

#6F4E4B #946864 #AE8A87 #C7AEAC #DFD1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#AE8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A87

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A87	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)

#918E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.044 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aca9',
    500: '#ae8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a87;
$custom-light: #c6aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 19.403,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66636,
    "c": 0.04435,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A87

secondary

#C1CFD0

accent

#979E48

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A87

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

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