#AE8E96#AE8E96

#AE8E96 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.040 H 1.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E96
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(345, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(345, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, 13.37, 0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 13.38, 1.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0401 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.04 1.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6334, 30.5477, 33.0255)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E96 #8EAEA6

analogous

#AE8EA6 #AE8E96 #AE968E

triadic

#AE8E96 #96AE8E #8E96AE

tetradic

#AE8E96 #A6AE8E #8EAEA6 #968EAE

square

#AE8E96 #A6AE8E #8EAEA6 #968EAE

split-complementary

#AE8E96 #8EAE96 #8EA6AE

monochromatic

#715159 #946A75 #AE8E96 #C8B2B7 #E1D5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AE8E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#AE8E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E96

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E96	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.040 1.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6afb4',
    500: '#ae8e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e96;
$custom-light: #c6afb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67858,
    "c": 0.04007,
    "h": 1.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E96

secondary

#C6D2CF

accent

#9B874B

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F6

border

#D1CED0

text

#131011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E96

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

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