#AE8A91#AE8A91

#AE8A91 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.045 H 5.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A91
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 145)
HSL	hsl(348, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(348, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 16.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 14.79, 1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 14.86, 5.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0446 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.045 5.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6549, 29.2211, 30.7554)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A91 #8AAEA7

analogous

#AE8AA3 #AE8A91 #AE958A

triadic

#AE8A91 #91AE8A #8A91AE

tetradic

#AE8A91 #A3AE8A #8AAEA7 #958AAE

square

#AE8A91 #A3AE8A #8AAEA7 #958AAE

split-complementary

#AE8A91 #8AAE95 #8AA3AE

monochromatic

#704E54 #94676F #AE8A91 #C7AEB3 #E0D2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#AE8A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#AE8A91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A91

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A91	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.045 5.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acb1',
    500: '#ae8a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a91;
$custom-light: #c6acb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.333,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66923,
    "c": 0.04475,
    "h": 5.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A91

secondary

#C3D1CE

accent

#9C8C49

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F5

border

#D1CECF

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A91

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

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