#AE8E90#AE8E90

#AE8E90 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.039 H 13.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E90
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 144)
HSL	hsl(356, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 17.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 12.38, 3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 12.86, 15.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0377 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.039 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1626, 30.3594, 30.5459)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E90 #8EAEAC

analogous

#AE8EA0 #AE8E90 #AE9C8E

triadic

#AE8E90 #90AE8E #8E90AE

tetradic

#AE8E90 #A0AE8E #8EAEAC #9C8EAE

square

#AE8E90 #A0AE8E #8EAEAC #9C8EAE

split-complementary

#AE8E90 #8EAE9C #8EA0AE

monochromatic

#715153 #946A6D #AE8E90 #C8B2B3 #E1D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE8E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#AE8E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E90

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E90	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.039 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6afb0',
    500: '#ae8e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e90;
$custom-light: #c6afb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6768,
    "c": 0.03883,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E90

secondary

#C6D2D1

accent

#9B964B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E90

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

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