#AE8B8A#AE8B8A

#AE8B8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.043 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B8A
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 13.10, 5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 14.24, 23.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0401 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.043 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2758, 29.3001, 28.0479)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B8A #8AADAE

analogous

#AE8A9B #AE8B8A #AE9D8A

triadic

#AE8B8A #8AAE8B #8B8AAE

tetradic

#AE8B8A #9BAE8A #8AADAE #9D8AAE

square

#AE8B8A #9BAE8A #8AADAE #9D8AAE

split-complementary

#AE8B8A #8AAE9D #8A9BAE

monochromatic

#704F4E #946867 #AE8B8A #C7AFAE #E0D3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AE8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#AE8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B8A

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B8A	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99968A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.043 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6adac',
    500: '#ae8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b8a;
$custom-light: #c6adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66916,
    "c": 0.04277,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B8A

secondary

#C3D0D1

accent

#9A9C49

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B8A

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

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