#AE8A8D#AE8A8D

#AE8A8D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.044 H 12.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A8D
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(355, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 19%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, 14.14, 3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 14.59, 14.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.043 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.044 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3519, 29.0999, 29.1595)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A8D #8AAEAB

analogous

#AE8A9F #AE8A8D #AE998A

triadic

#AE8A8D #8DAE8A #8A8DAE

tetradic

#AE8A8D #9FAE8A #8AAEAB #998AAE

square

#AE8A8D #9FAE8A #8AAEAB #998AAE

split-complementary

#AE8A8D #8AAE99 #8A9FAE

monochromatic

#704E50 #94676A #AE8A8D #C7AEB0 #E0D2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#AE8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A8D

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A8D	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98958C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.044 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acae',
    500: '#ae8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a8d;
$custom-light: #c6acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66805,
    "c": 0.04405,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A8D

secondary

#C3D1D0

accent

#9C9649

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A8D

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

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