#AE8C8E#AE8C8E

#AE8C8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.041 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8C8E
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(356, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 13.17, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 13.72, 16.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0401 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.041 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7162, 29.7090, 29.6497)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8C8E #8CAEAC

analogous

#AE8C9F #AE8C8E #AE9B8C

triadic

#AE8C8E #8EAE8C #8C8EAE

tetradic

#AE8C8E #9FAE8C #8CAEAC #9B8CAE

square

#AE8C8E #9FAE8C #8CAEAC #9B8CAE

split-complementary

#AE8C8E #8CAE9B #8C9FAE

monochromatic

#704F51 #94686B #AE8C8E #C7B0B1 #E1D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AE8C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AE8C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8C8E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8C8E	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99978D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.041 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6adaf',
    500: '#ae8c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8c8e;
$custom-light: #c6adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 17.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67227,
    "c": 0.04141,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8C8E

secondary

#C5D1D0

accent

#9C974A

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8C8E

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

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