#AE8A89#AE8A89

#AE8A89 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.044 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A89
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(2, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 21.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 13.50, 5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 14.68, 23.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% 0.0414 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.044 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0596, 28.9830, 27.6203)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A89 #89ADAE

analogous

#AE899A #AE8A89 #AE9C89

triadic

#AE8A89 #89AE8A #8A89AE

tetradic

#AE8A89 #9AAE89 #89ADAE #9C89AE

square

#AE8A89 #9AAE89 #89ADAE #9C89AE

split-complementary

#AE8A89 #89AE9C #899AAE

monochromatic

#704E4D #946766 #AE8A89 #C7AEAD #E0D2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#AE8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#AE8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A89

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A89	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.044 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acab',
    500: '#ae8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a89;
$custom-light: #c6acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 18.593,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66691,
    "c": 0.04407,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A89

secondary

#C2D0D0

accent

#9B9D49

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A89

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

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