#AE8A8B#AE8A8B

#AE8A8B is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.044 H 16.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A8B
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(358, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 20.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 13.82, 4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 14.59, 18.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0422 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.044 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2044, 29.0409, 28.3829)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A8B #8AAEAD

analogous

#AE8A9D #AE8A8B #AE9B8A

triadic

#AE8A8B #8BAE8A #8A8BAE

tetradic

#AE8A8B #9DAE8A #8AAEAD #9B8AAE

square

#AE8A8B #9DAE8A #8AAEAD #9B8AAE

split-complementary

#AE8A8B #8AAE9B #8A9DAE

monochromatic

#704E4F #946768 #AE8A8B #C7AEAF #E0D2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#AE8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A8B

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A8B	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98958A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.044 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acac',
    500: '#ae8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a8b;
$custom-light: #c6acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.333,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66748,
    "c": 0.04397,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A8B

secondary

#C3D1D0

accent

#9C9A49

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A8B

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

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