#AE8A8A#AE8A8A

#AE8A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.044 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A8A
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 13.66, 5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 14.62, 20.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0418 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.044 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1317, 29.0118, 27.9998)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A8A #8AAEAE

analogous

#AE8A9C #AE8A8A #AE9C8A

triadic

#AE8A8A #8AAE8A #8A8AAE

tetradic

#AE8A8A #9CAE8A #8AAEAE #9C8AAE

square

#AE8A8A #9CAE8A #8AAEAE #9C8AAE

split-complementary

#AE8A8A #8AAE9C #8A9CAE

monochromatic

#704E4E #946767 #AE8A8A #C7AEAE #E0D2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#AE8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#AE8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A8A

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A8A	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)

#908F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99958A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.044 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acac',
    500: '#ae8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a8a;
$custom-light: #c6acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66719,
    "c": 0.044,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A8A

secondary

#C3D1D1

accent

#9C9C49

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A8A

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

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