#AE8D8A#AE8D8A

#AE8D8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.040 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D8A
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(5, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 11.98, 6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 13.54, 27.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0369 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.04 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5680, 29.8846, 28.1453)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D8A #8AABAE

analogous

#AE8A99 #AE8D8A #AE9F8A

triadic

#AE8D8A #8AAE8D #8D8AAE

tetradic

#AE8D8A #99AE8A #8AABAE #9F8AAE

square

#AE8D8A #99AE8A #8AABAE #9F8AAE

split-complementary

#AE8D8A #8AAE9F #8A99AE

monochromatic

#70504E #946A67 #AE8D8A #C7B0AE #E0D3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#AE8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#AE8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D8A

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D8A	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B978A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.040 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aeac',
    500: '#ae8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d8a;
$custom-light: #c6aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67312,
    "c": 0.04047,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D8A

secondary

#C3D0D1

accent

#969C49

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D8A

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

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