#AE8E92#AE8E92

#AE8E92 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.039 H 9.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E92
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 146)
HSL	hsl(353, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(353, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 16.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 12.70, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 12.94, 10.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.0385 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.039 9.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3168, 30.4211, 31.3581)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E92 #8EAEAA

analogous

#AE8EA2 #AE8E92 #AE9A8E

triadic

#AE8E92 #92AE8E #8E92AE

tetradic

#AE8E92 #A2AE8E #8EAEAA #9A8EAE

square

#AE8E92 #A2AE8E #8EAEAA #9A8EAE

split-complementary

#AE8E92 #8EAE9A #8EA2AE

monochromatic

#715155 #946A70 #AE8E92 #C8B2B4 #E1D5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AE8E92 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#AE8E92 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E92

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E92	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E92	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e92;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.039 9.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6afb1',
    500: '#ae8e92',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e92;
$custom-light: #c6afb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e92",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67739,
    "c": 0.03905,
    "h": 9.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E92

secondary

#C6D2D0

accent

#9B914B

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F5

border

#D1CECF

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E92

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

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