#AE8A8F#AE8A8F

#AE8A8F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.044 H 9.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A8F
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(352, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(352, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 17.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 14.46, 2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 14.68, 10.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0438 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.044 9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5020, 29.1600, 29.9503)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A8F #8AAEA9

analogous

#AE8AA1 #AE8A8F #AE978A

triadic

#AE8A8F #8FAE8A #8A8FAE

tetradic

#AE8A8F #A1AE8A #8AAEA9 #978AAE

square

#AE8A8F #A1AE8A #8AAEA9 #978AAE

split-complementary

#AE8A8F #8AAE97 #8AA1AE

monochromatic

#704E52 #94676D #AE8A8F #C7AEB2 #E0D2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#AE8A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#AE8A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A8F

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A8F	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97958E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.044 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acaf',
    500: '#ae8a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a8f;
$custom-light: #c6acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.667,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66864,
    "c": 0.04431,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A8F

secondary

#C3D1CF

accent

#9C9149

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A8F

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

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